constituent movement
[/kənˈstɪtʃuənt ˈmuːvmənt/]
nounpl: constituent movements
movimento constituinte
1. A political movement or assembly organized to establish or reform a constitution, typically representing the will of the people to create or modify fundamental laws of a state
The constituent movement in 1987 led to the drafting of Brazil's current democratic constitution.
O movimento constituinte em 1987 levou à elaboração da atual constituição democrática do Brasil.
2. In linguistics, a grammatical unit that functions as a single element within a larger syntactic structure
The noun phrase is a constituent movement that can be moved to different positions in the sentence.
O sintagma nominal é um movimento constituinte que pode ser movido para diferentes posições na oração.
This term is particularly significant in Brazilian history, referring to the Assembleia Constituinte (Constituent Assembly) of 1987-1988 that drafted the current Federal Constitution following the military dictatorship. The term carries important democratic and nationalist connotations in Brazilian political discourse.
Related Idioms & Phrases
call for a constituent movement
lead a constituent movement
participate in a constituent movement
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