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Textualism is an English word. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Textualism in a sentence

Textualism meaning

  1. Strict adherence to a text, especially to the Bible.
  2. A formalist legal theory that interprets based on the ordinary meaning of the legal text.
  3. Textual criticism, especially that of the Bible.

Using Textualism

  • The main meaning on this page is: Strict adherence to a text, especially to the Bible. | A formalist legal theory that interprets based on the ordinary meaning of the legal text. | Textual criticism, especially that of the Bible.

Context around Textualism

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

observers 1×

Sentence patterns with Textualism

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

judicial observers textualism and originalism 1× originalism and textualism has made 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

despite his complaints 1× gorsuch s means 1×

Common sentence endings:

abortion rights clear 1× textualism and originalism 1×

Words around Textualism

Just before it in the word index:

textual 161 texts 1.516 textron 32 textphone 3 textor 6 textmunication 2

Just after it in the word index:

textualist 3 textuality 3 textually 9 textural 33 texturally 4 texture 888

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 4 aacr 4 aacsb 4 aadar 4 aadk 4 aadujeevitham 4

Corpus analysis for Textualism

  • In this selection, "textualism" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, observers stand out and add context to how "textualism" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include judicial observers textualism and originalism and originalism and textualism has made. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "textualism" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with textualism

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Gorsuch’s means will be familiar to judicial observers: textualism and originalism. (12 words)

Despite his complaints, Griffin, whose campaign website identifies him as an adherent to the controversial conservative judicial concepts of originalism and textualism, has made his own stance on abortion rights clear. (31 words)

Longer example sentences

Despite his complaints, Griffin, whose campaign website identifies him as an adherent to the controversial conservative judicial concepts of originalism and textualism, has made his own stance on abortion rights clear. (31 words)

Gorsuch’s means will be familiar to judicial observers: textualism and originalism. (12 words)

Example sentences (2)

Despite his complaints, Griffin, whose campaign website identifies him as an adherent to the controversial conservative judicial concepts of originalism and textualism, has made his own stance on abortion rights clear.

Gorsuch’s means will be familiar to judicial observers: textualism and originalism.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "textualism" in a sentence?
An example: "Despite his complaints, Griffin, whose campaign website identifies him as an adherent to the controversial conservative judicial concepts of originalism and textualism, has made his own stance on abortion rights clear." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "textualism" from authentic English texts.
What does "textualism" mean?
Textualism means: Strict adherence to a text, especially to the Bible.
How many example sentences with "textualism" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "textualism", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.