constructionist
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Origin of constructionist
First recorded in 1835–45; construction + -ist
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Serns said his judicial approach would be that of a strict constructionist, following the original language of the Constitution.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 16, 2020
Other West Coast premieres: “Witch” by Silverman, “Bernhardt/Hamlet” by Theresa Rebeck and “The Enigmatist,” written and performed by magician and crossword puzzle constructionist David Kwong.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2019
The early Whig Party was a motley assortment of Jackson’s critics, but most Whigs eventually rallied to Henry Clay’s American System and the broad constructionist theories that justified it.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
They’ve got their language, the constructionist humility, a hippie liberal.
From Slate • Mar. 23, 2017
The bond which kept Democrats and Republicans together as Unionists had dissolved with the surrender of Lee, so that Johnson was enabled to follow his natural bent as a strict constructionist.
From The New Nation by Dodd, William E.
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