Backbone
Backbone noun - A column of bones supporting the trunk of a vertebrate animal.
Constitution and backbone are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Constitution" instead a noun "Backbone".
Nearby Word: backboned
Constitution
Constitution noun - The set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others.
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Backbone and constitution are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Backbone" instead a noun "Constitution".
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- In any case, the interpretation of this chunk of their constitution gives an ideological backbone to two causes: individual-armament and militia-armament (or 'pro-gun' and 'anti-gun'), with plenty of other standpoints abounding.
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