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ORIGINALISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does originalism mean? 

ORIGINALISM (noun)
  The noun ORIGINALISM has 1 sense:

1. the belief that the United States Constitution should be interpreted in the way the authors originally intended itplay

  Familiarity information: ORIGINALISM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ORIGINALISM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The belief that the United States Constitution should be interpreted in the way the authors originally intended it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("originalism" is a kind of...):

belief (any cognitive content held as true)


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