constitutionalism
noun
con·sti·tu·tion·al·ism
ˌkän(t)-stə-ˈtü-sh(ə-)nə-ˌli-zəm 
-tyü-
: adherence to or government according to constitutional principles
also
: a constitutional system of government
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This ought to be axiomatic to anyone with even a rudimentary conception of American constitutionalism.
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
There is a long, strong strand of anti-constitutionalism in American history.
—Big Think, 10 Oct. 2025
Constitutional revolution Until just a few years ago, the majority of justices would have agreed that the proper way to read the Constitution was as an evolving document, an approach usually described as living constitutionalism.
—Morgan Marietta, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
Donald Trump’s second victory cannot be attributed to any unhappy accident of eighteenth-century constitutionalism.
—Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
There is a long, strong strand of anti-constitutionalism in American history.
—Big Think, 10 Oct. 2025
Constitutional revolution Until just a few years ago, the majority of justices would have agreed that the proper way to read the Constitution was as an evolving document, an approach usually described as living constitutionalism.
—Morgan Marietta, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
Donald Trump’s second victory cannot be attributed to any unhappy accident of eighteenth-century constitutionalism.
—Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Constitutionalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/constitutionalism. Accessed 9 Dec. 2025.
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