prescriptivism

Noun CEFR C2

pɹəˈskɹɪp.tɪv.ɪzm̩

Definitions

The practice of prescribing idealistic norms, as opposed to describing realistic forms, of linguistic usage.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolnormativismo prescriptivismo

Françaisnormativisme prescriptivisme

DeutschPräskriptivismus

7 more languages

Suomipreskriptivismi

Bahasa Indonesiapreskriptivisme

Italianoprescrittivismo

日本語規範主義

Polskinormatywizm preskryptywizm

Portuguêsnormativismo prescritivismo

Русскийпрескриптивизм

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
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See also

prescriptivist prescriptivity prescutum preseason presector preseed

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