originalist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

One who has, or tends to have, original ideas.
One who aims to discover how the writers of a document intended it to be interpreted, and to interpret it in that way.
Specifically, one who aims to discover how the writers of the Jewish and Christian scriptures intended them to be interpreted, and to interpret them in that way.
Specifically, one who aims to discover how the writers of the Constitution of the United States intended it to be interpreted, and to interpret it in that way.

originalist originalists

From original + -ist.

originalism literalist textualist

nonoriginalist

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