[f. prec. + -ISM.]
1. A constitutional system of government.
1832. Southey, in Q. Rev., XLVIII. 276. We all know what constitutionalism has substituted for this admirable organization.
1883. Century Mag., XXVII. 69. The house of Guelph had no more natural love for constitutionalism than any other reigning house.
2. Adherence to constitutional principles.
1871. Daily Tel., 2 Nov. They persuaded the King that Constitutionalism was his natural rôle.
1889. Times, 19 Feb. 9/2. The frigid and negative constitutionalism of M. Carnot.
