合憲(ごうけん)

ごうけん
noun, na-adjective
constitutional; in accordance with the constitution
1. constitutional; in accordance with the constitution
Describing something that conforms to or is permitted by the constitution. The opposite of 違憲(いけん) (unconstitutional). Used in legal and political contexts, especially in discussions of court rulings.
最高裁(さいこうさい)が合憲(ごうけん)と判断(はんだん)した。
The Supreme Court ruled it constitutional.
この法律(ほうりつ)が合憲(ごうけん)かどうかが争(あらそ)われている。
Whether this law is constitutional is being disputed.
合憲(ごうけん)判決(はんけつ)が出(で)たことで、政府(せいふ)は政策(せいさく)を継続(けいぞく)する方針(ほうしん)だ。
With the ruling of constitutionality, the government plans to continue the policy.

A legal term that is the antonym of 違憲(いけん) (unconstitutional). Frequently encountered in news coverage of Supreme Court decisions and constitutional debates.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 合憲(ごうけん)判決(はんけつ): ruling of constitutionality
  • 合憲(ごうけん)判断(はんだん): judgment of constitutionality
  • 合憲(ごうけん)か違憲(いけん)か: whether constitutional or unconstitutional
  • 合憲(ごうけん)性(せい): constitutionality

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 違憲(いけん): unconstitutional — the direct antonym
  • 適法(てきほう): lawful, legal — conforming to law in general
  • 合法(ごうほう): legal, lawful — in accordance with the law (broader than constitutional)
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