Complete Definition of "prescriptivism"

wikipedia|Linguistic prescription
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Noun
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  1. linguistics prescribe|prescribing idealistic norms, as opposed to describing realistic forms, of linguistic usage.

Antonyms
descriptivism

Related terms
prescribe
prescriptive
prescriptivist

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