constitutional
Americanadjective
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of or relating to the constitution of a state, organization, etc.
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subject to the provisions of such a constitution.
a constitutional monarchy.
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provided by, in accordance with, or not prohibited by, such a constitution.
the constitutional powers of the president; a law held to be constitutional by the Supreme Court.
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belonging to or inherent in the character or makeup of a person's body or mind.
a constitutional weakness for sweets.
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pertaining to the constitution or composition of a thing; essential.
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beneficial to one's constitution; healthful.
constitutional exercise.
noun
adjective
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denoting, characteristic of, or relating to a constitution
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authorized by or subject to a constitution
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of or inherent in the physical make-up or basic nature of a person or thing
a constitutional weakness
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beneficial to one's general physical wellbeing
noun
Other Word Forms
- anticonstitutional adjective
- anticonstitutionally adverb
- constitutionally adverb
- hyperconstitutional adjective
- hyperconstitutionally adverb
- nonconstitutional adjective
- proconstitutional adjective
- quasi-constitutional adjective
- quasi-constitutionally adverb
- superconstitutional adjective
- superconstitutionally adverb
Etymology
Origin of constitutional
First recorded in 1675–85; constitution + -al 1
Example Sentences
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The first, represented by the court’s decision, is the remnant of a constitutional democracy in which rules still matter.
From Salon
His reasoning hinged on the bedrock constitutional principle that the taxing power—which includes the power to levy tariffs—belongs to the legislature, not the president.
And the U.S., for now anyway, still has a constitutional government with rules and guardrails.
From MarketWatch
“In light of the breadth, history, and constitutional context of that asserted authority, he must identify clear congressional authorization to exercise it,” Roberts wrote.
The constitutional court said back in 2001 that "as time passes, the relative importance of standpoints and positions of people in a totalitarian state certainly has not vanished, but it has definitely decreased".
From Barron's
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