Explore Originalist through 5 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Originalist meaning
- One who has, or tends to have, original ideas.
- One who aims to discover how the writers of a document intended it to be interpreted, and to interpret it in that way.
Using Originalist
- The main meaning on this page is: One who has, or tends to have, original ideas. | One who aims to discover how the writers of a document intended it to be interpreted, and to interpret it in that way. | One who aims to discover how the writers of a document intended it to be interpreted, and to interpret it in that way.
- In the example corpus, originalist often appears in combinations such as: an originalist.
Context around Originalist
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Originalist
- In this selection, "originalist" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, proper, hardly, inquiry and industrial stand out and add context to how "originalist" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include adherents of originalist and strict and any proper originalist inquiry is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "originalist" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with originalist
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In other words, the nominee is an originalist. (8 words)
If “the focus of any proper originalist inquiry is the document itself,” then the court’s ruling was hardly originalist. (20 words)
Most frustrating of all, few law schools are training graduates with the tools needed to deal with the originalist industrial complex. (21 words)
Obviously, it has been noted especially while Scalia was alive that he was not an originalist (how dumb is that?) but he was bound by his religious beliefs! (28 words)
Ratification debates The debate surrounding the Constitution's ratification is of practical importance, particularly to adherents of originalist and strict constructionist legal theories. (23 words)
Most frustrating of all, few law schools are training graduates with the tools needed to deal with the originalist industrial complex. (21 words)
Obviously, it has been noted especially while Scalia was alive that he was not an originalist (how dumb is that?) but he was bound by his religious beliefs! (28 words)
Example sentences (5)
If “the focus of any proper originalist inquiry is the document itself,” then the court’s ruling was hardly originalist.
Most frustrating of all, few law schools are training graduates with the tools needed to deal with the originalist industrial complex.
Obviously, it has been noted especially while Scalia was alive that he was not an originalist (how dumb is that?) but he was bound by his religious beliefs!
In other words, the nominee is an originalist.
Ratification debates The debate surrounding the Constitution's ratification is of practical importance, particularly to adherents of originalist and strict constructionist legal theories.
Common combinations with originalist
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an originalist 2×