constitutionalize

Thân thiện

A man decides to constitutionalize after a large dinner.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To incorporate something into a constitution; to make something a constitutional right or principle: This refers to the process of formally including a specific right, law, or principle within a nation's written constitution, giving it supreme legal authority.
   • To take a walk for one's health, especially after a meal: This is an archaic or formal usage meaning to walk, typically at a leisurely pace, for the benefit of one's health or digestion.
   • To provide a country or entity with a constitution: This means to establish or frame a formal constitution for a state or organization, defining its fundamental principles and governing structure.

Usage Examples

• Verb (Incorporate into a constitution):
  • The legislature voted to constitutionalize the right to clean water.
  • A woman's right to an abortion was constitutionalized in the 1970s.
• Verb (Take a walk):
  • After dinner, he would often constitutionalize around the garden.
  • A good way of exercising is to constitutionalize.
• Verb (Provide with a constitution):
  • The newly independent nation worked to constitutionalize its government.
  • The United States were constitutionalized in the late 18th century.

Advanced Usage

• Legal and Political Context: The act to constitutionalize a principle often follows significant social debate and judicial review, elevating a legal standard to the highest level of protection.
  • The court's decision effectively constitutionalized the concept of marital privacy.
• Formal/Archaic Usage for Walking: This sense is rarely used in modern English but may appear in historical or literary texts.
  • The doctor advised him to constitutionalize for half an hour daily.

Variants and Related Words

• Constitutionalization (n): The process of making something constitutional.
  • The constitutionalization of these rights was a landmark achievement.
• Constitutional (adj): Related to or in accordance with a constitution.
  • They filed a constitutional challenge to the law.

Synonyms

• Enshrine: To preserve (a right, tradition, or idea) in a form that ensures it will be protected and respected. (Closest synonym for the "incorporate" sense).
• Institutionalize: To establish (something) as a norm or convention in an organization or culture.
• Promenade: To take a leisurely walk, especially in a public place. (Synonym for the "walk" sense).
• Establish: To set up (an organization, system, or set of rules) on a firm or permanent basis. (Synonym for the "provide a constitution" sense).

Related Phrases

• To be constitutionally protected: Describes a right or principle that is guaranteed by a constitution.
  • Free speech is a constitutionally protected right.
• To go for a constitutional: An idiomatic phrase meaning to go for a walk for one's health.
  • He stepped out for his morning constitutional.

Học thuật

Verb

1. incorporate into a constitution, make constitutional
   • A woman's right to an abortion was constitutionalized in the 1970's
2. take a walk for one's health or to aid digestion, as after a meal
   • A good way of exercising is to constitutionalize
3. provide with a constitution, as of a country
   • The United States were constitutionalized in the late 18th century

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