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Prescriptivism Thesaurus

(linguistics) The practice of prescribing idealistic norms, as opposed to describing realistic forms, of linguistic usage.

Antonyms for Prescriptivism

Common opposites include descriptivism.

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Related dictionary entries include prescriptivist, grammar, neo-purism, purism, hypercorrectism, hypercorrection.

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Possible antonyms include descriptivism.

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