constitutional revolution

collocation in English

meaningsofconstitutionalandrevolution

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constitutional
adjective
uk
/ˌkɒn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən.əl/us
/ˌkɑːn.stəˈtuː.ʃən.əl/
allowed by or contained in ...
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revolution
noun
uk
/ˌrev.əˈluː.ʃən/us
/ˌrev.əˈluː.ʃən/
a change in the way a country is governed, usually to a different political system and often using violence ...
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(Definition ofconstitutionalandrevolutionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Aconstitutionalrevolutionof sorts has been undertaken and implemented.
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That produced aconstitutionalrevolution.
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That is aconstitutionalrevolution.
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Three years ago they proceeded to a greatconstitutionalrevolution.
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We are in the midst of aconstitutionalrevolution.
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I would say that it is aconstitutionalrevolution.
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Of course, it is a mini-revolution—aconstitutionalrevolution.
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We do not expect aconstitutionalrevolutionbut rather an evolution.
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There is a great problem of constitutional reform andconstitutionalrevolution.
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The assertion that we have this day started aconstitutionalrevolution.
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Compare that with theconstitutionalrevolutionthat we are now invited to approve.
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We have heard so much recently about aconstitutionalrevolutionin our country, after various charter movements.
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If so, it seems strange to enact so great aconstitutionalrevolutionfor such small purported gain.
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It was rather a far cry from aconstitutionalrevolutionto the grinding oppression under which motorists are suffering.
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I believe that it will involve something like aconstitutionalrevolutionat which old civil servants will shudder, and perhaps it will involve legislation.
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We should be cautious about undertaking aconstitutionalrevolutionwithout any certainly that what we are creating is an improvement of what we have.
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It was said that it was aconstitutionalrevolution; and there were many forebodings as to what would happen in consequence.
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The major concern of the book isconstitutionalrevolutionrather than main story.
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In the past 20 years, people have been asked to accept substantial changes about which they were not fully warned and which have amounted to aconstitutionalrevolution.
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Does anyone who has any knowledge of the country at the present time, with this greatconstitutionalrevolutionpending, suggest for a moment that the country is on fire?
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If enough new judges are appointed in a relatively short period of time, changes will occur more quickly, producing aconstitutionalrevolution.
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As to the ulama in theconstitutionalrevolution, there were varying degrees of support for a constitution and of awareness of its implications.
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