constructionist
a person who construes or interprets, especially laws or the like, in a specific manner: a strict constructionist.
Origin of constructionist
1Other words from constructionist
- con·struc·tion·ism, noun
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How to use constructionist in a sentence
Even a liberal constructionist might have hesitated as to its constitutionality.
Nullification, Secession Webster's Argument and the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions | Caleb William LoringThere is a Unionist, there is a strict constructionist for you!
John Brown, Soldier of Fortune | Hill Peebles WilsonOver thirty years before, he had in Congress been a strict constructionist and an anti-federalist.
Martin Van Buren | Edward M. ShepardMr. Crawford, a most inveterate States-rights man and strict constructionist of the Constitution, had uniformly supported it.
The Memories of Fifty Years | William H. SparksBesides, I am a strict constructionist, and the order says no person is allowed here except those connected with the Department.
Ten Years Among the Mail Bags | James Holbrook
British Dictionary definitions for constructionist
/ (kənˈstrʌkʃənɪst) /
US a person who interprets constitutional law in a certain way, esp strictly
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