However, "strict construction" is not a synonym for textualism or originalism. Thus, Spooner's position is one that employs "original meaning"-styled textualism and rejects "original intent"-styled originalism. Purposivism in the United States is considered a strain of originalism, alongside textualism and intentionalism. Additionally, it is the mechanism that underlies textualism and, to a certain extent, originalism. Strict constructionism is often misused by laypersons and critics as a synonym for textualism. Notable interpretive theories are textualism, intentionalism, and purposivism. Original meaning is a formalist theory, and a logical extension of textualism. L. Rev. 533 (1983); and "Textualism and the Dead Hand", 66 Geo.