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