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unconstiˈtutional, a.
[un-1 7.]
1. Not in harmony with, or authorized by, the political constitution; at variance with the recognized principles of the state.
1734Country Jrnl. 16 Nov. 1/2 Lest all other Provisions should be ineffectual to keep the Members of the House of Commons out of this unconstitutional Dependency..the Wisdom of our Constitution hath thought fit that the Representatives of the People should not have Time to forget that they are such; that they are empowered to act for the People, not against them. 1765Blackstone Comm. I. 245 Whenever the unconstitutional oppressions, even of the Sovereign power,..threaten desolation to a State. 1770Junius Lett. xxxix. (1778) 220 The unconstitutional employment of the military. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. vii. II. 210 That the Declaration of Indulgence was unconstitutional is a point on which both the great English parties have always been entirely agreed. 1893Times 29 Apr., Lord S. described such a step as in the highest degree unconstitutional.
2. Not inherent in, or in accordance with, a person's constitution.
1794Godwin Caleb Williams 198 The keeper once more made his appearance..with his former unconstitutional and ambiguous humanity.
Hence unconstiˈtutionalism; unconstiˈtutionally adv.
1791Gentl. Mag. Jan. 32, I am concerned..to see you unconstitutionally adopting a French word when there is no occasion. 1845Ld. Campbell Chancellors (1857) IV. lxxxix. 215 The bill had been unconstitutionally got rid of. 1889Sir S. Walpole Life Ld. J. Russell xxiv. II. 202 It was..asserted..that the Prince was interfering unconstitutionally both in foreign and domestic affairs. 1920Glasgow Herald 11 Dec. 7 It is the first area of dry land which has shown itself after the deluge of unconstitutionalism in that part of the country [sc. Ireland]. 1949St. J. Ervine Craigavon ii. lxxvi. 344 He might have made an effective debating retort to the Ulstermen about unconstitutionalism. |