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unconstitutionality

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The status of being unconstitutional, or of not being in accord with the provisions of a constitution.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: law

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History

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.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَدَم دُسْتُورِيَّة (ʕadam dustūriyya) — status of being unconstitutional
  • Catalan: inconstitucionalitat — status of being unconstitutional
  • French: inconstitutionnalité — status of being unconstitutional
  • Galician: inconstitucionalidade — status of being unconstitutional
  • Georgian: არაკონსტიტუციურობა (araḳonsṭiṭuciuroba) — status of being unconstitutional
  • German: Verfassungswidrigkeit — status of being unconstitutional
  • Greek: αντισυνταγματικότητα (antisyntagmatikótita) — status of being unconstitutional
  • Hungarian: alkotmányellenesség — status of being unconstitutional
  • Italian: incostituzionalità — status of being unconstitutional
  • Japanese: 違憲 (iken) — status of being unconstitutional
  • Polish: niekonstytucyjność — status of being unconstitutional
  • Portuguese: inconstitucionalidade — status of being unconstitutional
  • Russian: неконституцио́нность (nekonstituciónnostʹ) — status of being unconstitutional
  • Serbo-Croatian: не̏уста̄вно̄ст — status of being unconstitutional
  • Serbo-Croatian: nȅustāvnōst — status of being unconstitutional
  • Spanish: inconstitucionalidad — status of being unconstitutional