Meaning of descriptionist | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Synonym of descriptivist.
2. One who subscribes to descriptionism.

Examples

“The author of the Waverley novels is another fine example; but he clearly takes his highest rank as a descriptionist—the painter of effects and appearances rather than of facts and of causes.”

“Although he is a descriptionist, he is often more effective than Roberts or Lampman.”

“He was, on the other hand, the very opposite of a descriptionist in his physics, especially later in his career.”

““Oh,” said one of my lunch companions, “you’re a descriptionist rather than a prescriptionist.””

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