originalist

== English == === Etymology === From original +‎ -ist. === Noun === originalist (plural originalists) One who has, or tends to have, original ideas. 1919 January-June, in Current Opinion, volume 66, page 95: Opposed to the "originalist" is the type of man "in whom banality exists as a supposed virtue; from whom it would not only seem an impropriety to act, dress, and think differently from other people, but in whom it would be deemed a virtue not even to desire to do so." One who aims to discover how the writers of a document intended it to be interpreted, and to interpret it in that way. (theology) 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. (US politics) 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== originalism === See also === literalist, textualist