Descriptionist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dəˈskɹɪpʃənəst/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Descriptionist is a noun meaning Synonym of descriptivist.
Meaning
Synonym of descriptivist.
More Meanings
- (philosophy) One who subscribes to descriptionism.
- Descriptivist.
- (philosophy) Regarding utterances as primarily descriptive rather than as rigidly specifying a particular thing or kind of thing.
- (philosophy) Of or relating to descriptionism (theory of truth).
Example Sentences
Although he is a descriptionist, he is often more effective than Roberts or Lampman.
“Oh,” said one of my lunch companions, “you’re a descriptionist rather than a prescriptionist.”
He was, on the other hand, the very opposite of a descriptionist in his physics, especially later in his career.
In effect, they say "a plague on both your houses" to the two sides in the prescriptionist-descriptionist debate.
Word Forms
- descriptionists
Synonyms for descriptionist
Depending on context, synonyms include descriptivist.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include phenomenist, descriptive, prescriptivist, prescriptivism, adjectivalization, dictatory.
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