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UK
/kˌɒnstɪtjˈuːʃənəlˌɪzəm/
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NOUN
- a constitutional system of government (usually with a written constitution)
- advocacy of a system of government according to constitutional principles
How To Use constitutionalism In A Sentence
- The puzzle that needs to be answered is then whether the post-Cold War peace is sustained by hegemony, or by a form of constitutionalism.
- He then explains why democratic processes in the absence of liberal constitutionalism and capitalism produce such states and catalogs their many troubles.
- The basic ideas that were key to the formation of the ‘Third Bulgarian State’ include sovereignty, constitutionalism and parliamentarianism.
- For, in the spirit of constitutionalism, parliament is both accountable and the supreme law-making authority.
- And this idea has become so ingrained in the American mind that it will be difficult to gain credence for the assertion that the terms constitutionalism and absolutism represent the forces or systems which, have really been antagonistic ever since Christianity began to affect and animate social and political relations. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864
- And the first law of presidential leadership is to grasp the importance, and the pitfalls, as well as opportunities presented by constitutionalism - American style.
- Where is the proper observance of constitutionalism in that?
- Conservative constitutionalism today requires taking back the original Constitution to restore the constitutional order and representative government.
- Different historical backgrounds constitutes acceptance of Western constitutionalism constitutional culture in the unique context.
- His decision was clothed in the rhetoric of constitutionalism.