Meaning of prescriptivist | Babel Free
Definitions
Someone who lays down rules regarding language usage, or who believes that traditional norms of language usage should be upheld.
Equivalents
Polski
preskryptywista
Examples
“The plutocratic tone and styptic wit of Safire and Newman and the best of the Prescriptivists is often modeled after the mandarin-Brit personas of Eric Partridge and H. W. Fowler, the same Twin Towers of scholarly Prescriptivism whom Garner talks about revering as a kid.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.