originalist

Noun

Meaning

One who is original.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fundamentalist classicist conventionalist genuine traditionalist hardline traditionalist old-school purist orthodox adherent puritanical traditionalist rigid traditionalist stickler for tradition strict traditionalist traditional puritan traditionalist extremist traditionalist zealot unadulterated traditionalist

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originalism

Examples

I'm not going to rip all that up. It's water over the dam. The people have gotten used to it. You know, that's what Stare Decisis is all about. In other words, I am an originalist. I am a textualist. I am not a nut. Antonin Scalia

You could fire a grapefruit out of a cannon over the best law schools in the country - and that includes Chicago - and not hit an originalist. Antonin Scalia

Close letter words and terms

original work original writing originalism originalistic originalistically originality