(sociology) A theory of knowledge according to which human beings rationalize their experience by creating a model of the social world and how it functions, and language is the most essential system through which humans construct reality.

(US, law) A legal philosophy of judicial interpretation that requires a judge to apply the text only as it is written, without drawing inferences.

(chiefly US, law) the legal philosophy that the Constitution should be read in a broad way that adapts to the changing times

(brachylogy) A construction commonly found in Greek and Hebrew in which either a verb of motion is paired with a locative prepositional phrase or a static verb is paired with an allative preposition phrase.