Prescriptivistic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Prescriptivistic is an adjective meaning Synonym of prescriptivist.
Meaning
Synonym of prescriptivist.
Example Sentences
For a few verbs, continued wavering between past participles is reflected in Fabra’s prescriptivistic Gràmatica catalana (1969).
Perhaps once more the somewhat prescriptivistic nature of most grammars of the time accounts for the reluctance to regulate language choice suggested by Heath and Mandabach.
The point here is not that Moore did not recognize the essentially prescriptive character of moral language—as it was maintained by Hare—but, more likely, that we are facing two entirely different conceptions and definitions of ethics: one is prescriptivistic and the other one is not.
Synonyms for prescriptivistic
Depending on context, synonyms include prescriptivist.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include prescriptivist, prescriptionistic, proscriptional, proscriptive, prescriptionist, pantisocratical.
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