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Originalism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Originalism has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

The view that a text should be interpreted according to the intent of its original authors.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
belief
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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