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Founderism

Founderism is an intellectual outlook that has a strong "reverence for the founders" of the United States. The term is viewed as a pejorative epithet, accusing those so labeled as having a worldview that sacrifices historical accuracy for turning the "founding into a fetish".

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Founderism (being a Founderist)1 is an intellectual outlook that has a strong "reverence for the founders"2 of the United States. The term is viewed as a pejorative epithet,3 accusing those so labeled as having a worldview that sacrifices historical accuracy for turning the "founding into a fetish".4

The antonym "anti-founderism" is applied to those who "seem convinced that there was something profoundly wrong with the origins" of the state.2

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  1. Carl Scott (September 10, 2013). "American Liberty #2: The Shortcomings of Conservative Founderism". First Things.
  2. James Ceaser (November 10, 1997). "The Founders' Friend: Thomas West Argues for 1776". The Weekly Standard: 36–37. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  3. James W. Ceaser (1997). Reconstructing America: The Symbol of America in Modern Thought. Yale University. p. 252.
  4. Peter Lawler (October 1, 2009). "Some Anti-Straussophobic Answers". First Things.