constructionist

[ kuhn-struhk-shuh-nist ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person who construes or interprets, especially laws or the like, in a specific manner:
a strict constructionist.

constructionist

/ kənˈstrʌkʃənɪst /

First recorded in 1835–45; construction + -ist

Even a liberal constructionist might have hesitated as to its constitutionality.

There is a Unionist, there is a strict constructionist for you!

Over thirty years before, he had in Congress been a strict constructionist and an anti-federalist.

Mr. Crawford, a most inveterate States-rights man and strict constructionist of the Constitution, had uniformly supported it.

Besides, I am a strict constructionist, and the order says no person is allowed here except those connected with the Department.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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