prescriptivism
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Etymology edit
prescriptive + -ism
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prescriptivism (countable and uncountable, plural prescriptivisms)
- (linguistics) The practice of prescribing idealistic norms, as opposed to describing realistic forms, of linguistic usage.
- Antonym: descriptivism
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prescribing idealistic language norms
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