unconstitutionality en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English unconstitutional Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English unconstitutionality From unconstitutional + -ity.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The status of being unconstitutional, or of not being in accord with the provisions of a constitution.
I have heard again and again, remonstrances have been addressed to me more than once, because of the condemnation which Democratic speakers so continually utter about the unnationality as well as the unconstitutionality of the Republican party.
1858, Jefferson Davis, quoting Caleb Cushing, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton and Company, published 1881, page 551:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unconstitutionalities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (16)
gl inconstitucionalidade (status of being unconstitutional) · ka არაკონსტიტუციურობა (status of being unconstitutional) · ar عَدَم دُسْتُورِيَّة (status of being unconstitutional) · sh не̏уста̄вно̄ст (status of being unconstitutional) · el αντισυνταγματικότητα (status of being unconstitutional) · it incostituzionalità (status of being unconstitutional) · ru неконституцио́нность (status of being unconstitutional) · es inconstitucionalidad (status of being unconstitutional) · pt inconstitucionalidade (status of being unconstitutional) · ja 違憲 (status of being unconstitutional) · sh nȅustāvnōst (status of being unconstitutional) · hu alkotmányellenesség (status of being unconstitutional) · ca inconstitucionalitat (status of being unconstitutional) · fr inconstitutionnalité (status of being unconstitutional) · pl niekonstytucyjność (status of being unconstitutional) · de Verfassungswidrigkeit (status of being unconstitutional)