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Noun: constitutionalism  `kón-sti't(y)oo-shu-nu`li-zum
  1. A constitutional system of government (usually with a written constitution)
     
  2. Advocacy of a system of government according to constitutional principles

Derived forms: constitutionalisms

See also: constitutionalist

Type of: form of government, ideology, mythos, political orientation, political system, political theory

Encyclopedia: Constitutionalism