extraconstitutional

adjective

Beyond what is accommodated for in a constitution.

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Meanings

adjectiveextraconstitutional (comparative more extraconstitutional, superlative most extraconstitutional)

comparative more extraconstitutional · superlative most extraconstitutional

  1. Beyond what is accommodated for in a constitution.

    It has become clear that then-President Donald Trump wanted then-Vice President Mike Pence to use extraconstitutional powers to manipulate the tabulation of electoral votes to secure a second term despite his defeat in the election.

    2022 January 19, Robert Alexander, “What 2020’s pro-Trump phony electors means for 2024”, in CNN, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2022

Origin

From extra- + constitutional.

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APA

extraconstitutional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extraconstitutional

MLA

“extraconstitutional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extraconstitutional. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extraconstitutional,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extraconstitutional.

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