descriptivism
nounEtymology
From descriptive + -ism. * Audio (Southern England): (file)
- derived from descriptivus
Definitions
The practice of describing realistic forms, as opposed to prescribing idealistic norms,…
The practice of describing realistic forms, as opposed to prescribing idealistic norms, of linguistic usage.
The neighborhood
- antonymprescriptivism
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for descriptivism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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