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Meaning of proscriptivist | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

One who is characterized by proscribing; one who tends to proscribe.

rare

Examples

“Pushing on likely required repeated mobilizing of arguments to counter the views of the proscriptivist factions, those promoting a retreat from this prescriptive strategy and the application of a proscriptive ceremonial ideological strategy […]”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

proscutellum proscylliid proscynema Prosdocimus prose Prose Edda

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