What does prescriptivity mean?
Prescriptivity means The quality or state of being prescriptive..
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/pɹɪskɹɪpˈtɪvɪti/ · noun
The quality or state of being prescriptive..
He is underambitious in his characterization of morality, cashing out prescriptivity in terms of prevailing expectations rather than objective authority, settling for an account of a sense of obligations rather than obligations themselves, and for empathetic behavior rather than empathetic motivations.
Use prescriptivity when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Prescriptivity means The quality or state of being prescriptive..
Common synonyms include prescriptiveness.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He is underambitious in his characterization of morality, cashing out prescriptivity in terms of prevailing expectations rather than objective authority, settling for an account of a sense of obligations rather than obligations themselves, and for empathetic behavior rather than empathetic motivations.
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