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Definition: CONSTITUTIONALITY |
CONSTITUTIONALITYNoun1. The state of being consistent with the constitution or frame of government, or of being authorized by its provisions. 2. The quality or state of being constitutional, or inherent in the natural frame. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Legality | Constitutionalism, constitutionality; justice. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: CONSTITUTIONALITY |
| English words defined with "CONSTITUTIONALITY": ties. (references) |
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| Author | Quotation |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt | I hope your committee will not permit doubts as to constitutionality, however reasonable, to block the suggested legislation. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Brown v. Board of Education | 1954 | On reargument, the consideration of appropriate relief was necessarily subordinated to the primary question - the constitutionality of segregation in public education. (reference) |
Roe v. Wade | 1973 | A pregnant single woman (Roe) brought a class action challenging the constitutionality of the Texas criminal abortion laws, which proscribe procuring or attempting an abortion except on medical advice for the purpose of saving the mother's life. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Austria | Experts have questioned the law's constitutionality. (references) |
Egypt | Naklah challenged the constitutionality of a 1994 decree by the Minister of Interior governing the issuance of new identification cards. (references) | |
Nigeria | Various human rights groups have challenged the constitutionality of criminal Shari'a, but these suits have failed for lack of a plaintiff with adequate legal standing. (references) | |
Economic History | Bahrain | This judiciary administers the legal code and reviews laws to ensure their constitutionality. (references) |
Philippines | The Philippine Supreme Court subsequently endorsed unanimously the constitutionality of the transfer of power. (references) | |
Bulgaria | The court that interprets the constitution and constitutionality of laws and treaties is the Constitutional Court. (references) | |
Human Rights | Algeria | There is also a Constitutional Council, which reviews the constitutionality of treaties, laws, and regulations. (references) |
Czech Republic | The separate Constitutional Court has final authority for cases concerning the constitutionality of legislation. (references) | |
Dominican Republic | The lawsuit asks the court to rule on the constitutionality of these police courts; a decision still was pending at year's end. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Costa Rica | In 1999 a group of indigenous persons from Puntarenas challenged the constitutionality of the 1978 Indigenous Law because of their inability to possess private property on the reservation. (references) |
Mexico | Indigenous rights groups launched numerous lawsuits and legal challenges to the reform's constitutionality, including 247 challenges filed in a single day by leaders of an equal number of municipalities in Oaxaca. (references) | |
Political Economy | PARAGUAY | A case currently before the Supreme Court challenges the constitutionality of this law. (references) |
Political Rights | Czech Republic | The President and a group of opposition senators challenged the law's constitutionality, complaining that the law discriminates against small parties and prevents political competition, however, the challenge was unsuccessful. (references) |
Worker Rights | Namibia | Some trade unionists continued to challenge the constitutionality of the agreement reached by government and NUNW representatives codified in the law because it limited the right to strike. (references) |
Mauritius | In July several of the unions representing the sugar workers held demonstrations to protest the constitutionality of the plan and the details of the retirement package, which was decided upon without union input. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Both the constitutionality and the expediency of the law creating this bank are well questioned by a large portion of our fellow citizens, and it must be admitted by all that it has failed in the great end of establishing an uniform and sound currency. |
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| "CONSTITUTIONALITY" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "CONSTITUTIONALITY" is used about 54 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 54 | 46,184 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "CONSTITUTIONALITY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Arabic | دستورية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | constitutionnalité. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Verfassungsmässigkeit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | alkotmányosság (constitutionalism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | costituzionalit . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 合憲性 , 合憲 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "うけ"せい, "うけ" (health, sturdiness, vigour, virility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Korean | 합헌성. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onstitutionalitycay соответствие с конституцией, конституционность. (various references) control previo de constitucionalidad (primary control of constitutionality), control de constitucionalidad (constitutionality check), constitucionalidad de las leyes (constitutionality of laws). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "CONSTITUTIONALITY": unconstitutionality. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "CONSTITUTIONALITY" (pronounced kÄ'nstutuw'shuna"lutē) |
| 8 | -sh u n a" l u t ē | conditionality, dimensionality, functionality, irrationality, nationality, proportionality, rationality. |
| 7 | -u n a" l u t ē | banality, commonality, criminality, impersonality, originality, personality, venality. |
| 6 | -n a" l u t ē | finality, tonality. |
| 5 | -a" l u t ē | abnormality, actuality, bestiality, bisexuality, brutality, causality, centrality, collegiality, confidentiality, congeniality, criticality, cyclicality, duality, eventuality, extraterritoriality, fatality, formality, frugality, generality, geniality, heterosexuality, homosexuality, hospitality, illegality, immorality, immortality, impartiality, individuality, informality, instrumentality, legality, lethality, liberality, locality, materiality, mentality, modality, morality, mortality, municipality, musicality, mutuality, neutrality, normality, partiality, plurality, practicality, principality, punctuality, reality, sensuality, sentimentality, sexuality, speciality, spirituality, technicality, theatricality, totality, triviality, universality, unreality, vitality. |
| 4 | -l u t ē | ability, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, adaptability, admissibility, advisability, affordability, agility, amiability, applicability, availability, believability, capability, civility, comparability, compatibility, comprehensibility, convertibility, credibility, credulity, culpability, debility, deductibility, deniability, dependability, desirability, disability, docility, ductility, durability, electability, eligibility, enforceability, equality, facility, fallibility, feasibility, fertility, fidelity, flammability, flexibility, fragility, frivolity, futility, gentility, gullibility, hostility, humility, immobility, impossibility, inability, inaccessibility, incivility, incompatibility, incredulity, indestructibility, inequality, inevitability, infallibility, infertility, infidelity, inflexibility, instability, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irresponsibility, irritability, legibility, liability, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, miscibility, mobility, motility, nobility, nonutility, palatability, permeability, plausibility, polity, portability, possibility, predictability, probability, profitability, quality, readability, reliability, respectability, responsibility, seasonality, senility, sensibility, stability, sterility, suitability, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, tranquility, transferability, unavailability, unpredictability, unreliability, utility, variability, versatility, viability, virility, visibility, volatility, vulnerability. |
| 3 | -u t ē | absurdity, acidity, activity, acuity, adversity, affinity, aggressivity, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, barbarity, biodiversity, brevity, calamity, capacity, captivity, cavity, celebrity, charity, chastity, clarity, commodity, community, complexity, complicity, conductivity, conformity, congruity, connectivity, continuity, creativity, crotchety, curiosity, deformity, deity, density, depravity, deputy, dexterity, dignity, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, domesticity, duplicity, eccentricity, elasticity, electricity, enmity, enormity, entity, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, exclusivity, expressivity, extremity, falsity, familiarity, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, festivity, fluidity, fraternity, generosity, gratuity, gravity, heredity, heterogeneity, hilarity, homogeneity, humanity, humidity, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illiquidity, immaturity, immunity, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inactivity, incapacity, incongruity, indemnity, indignity, inequity, inferiority, infinity, infirmity, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, insularity, integrity, intensity, irregularity, laity, laxity, levity, liquidity, lividity, longevity, majority, masculinity, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, minority, modernity, monstrosity, morbidity, multiplicity, nativity, necessity, negativity, Nonconformity, nonentity, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, overcapacity, oversensitivity, parity, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, perpetuity, perplexity, perversity, piety, polarity, pomposity, popularity, posterity, priority, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, purity, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, reactivity, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, religiosity, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, security, selectivity, seniority, sensitivity, serendipity, serenity, severity, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, specificity, spontaneity, stupidity, subjectivity, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, temerity, tenacity, timidity, toxicity, Trinity, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, university, unpopularity, uppity, validity, vanity, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, veracity, Verity, vicinity, virginity, virtuosity, viscosity, voracity, vulgarity. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-i-i-l-n-n-o-o-s-t-t-t-t-u-y" | |
-3 letters: constitutional. | |
-4 letters: institutional. | |
-5 letters: coalitionist, constitution, consultation, inoculations, inosculation, insouciantly, solicitation. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-i-i-l-n-n-o-o-s-t-t-t-t-u-y" | |
+2 letters: unconstitutionality. | |
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