Associations to the word «Originalism»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche