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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Donald Trump’s second victory cannot be attributed to any unhappy accident of eighteenth-century constitutionalism.
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Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
But by the early seventeenth century the sovereigns of Britain, France, and elsewhere had begun to erode this medieval constitutionalism in favor of a new absolutism.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
His malign influence on American constitutionalism is with us still.
—Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 6 Feb. 2024
If Trump’s threat to democracy and American constitutionalism is to be defeated, the effective method would be at the ballot box.
—Jeffrey Boutwell, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2024
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Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
But by the early seventeenth century the sovereigns of Britain, France, and elsewhere had begun to erode this medieval constitutionalism in favor of a new absolutism.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
His malign influence on American constitutionalism is with us still.
—Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 6 Feb. 2024
If Trump’s threat to democracy and American constitutionalism is to be defeated, the effective method would be at the ballot box.
—Jeffrey Boutwell, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2024
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“Constitutionalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/constitutionalism. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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