originalistic

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English

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Etymology

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original +‎ -istic

Adjective

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originalistic (comparative more originalistic, superlative most originalistic)

  1. Of or related to originalism.
    • 2013, Tania Groppi, Marie-Claire Ponthoreau, The Use of Foreign Precedents by Constitutional Judges[1]:
      Justice Scalia, for example, moving from an originalistic approach to constitutional interpretation, argues that the judiciary is an undemocratic institution within a political system whose legitimacy is derived from the consent of the governed.