JUDICIAL ACTIVISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does judicial activism mean? 

• JUDICIAL ACTIVISM (noun)
  The noun JUDICIAL ACTIVISM has 1 sense:

1. an interpretation of the U.S. constitution holding that the spirit of the times and the needs of the nation can legitimately influence judicial decisions (particularly decisions of the Supreme Court)

  Familiarity information: JUDICIAL ACTIVISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JUDICIAL ACTIVISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An interpretation of the U.S. constitution holding that the spirit of the times and the needs of the nation can legitimately influence judicial decisions (particularly decisions of the Supreme Court)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

broad interpretation; judicial activism

Hypernyms ("judicial activism" is a kind of...):

interpretation; interpreting; rendering; rendition (an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious)