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prescriptive

adj
/pɹɪˈskɹɪptɪv/CA/pɹəˈskɹəptəv/

Etymology

From Latin praescriptivus (“relating to a legal exception”), from praescript- (“directed in writing”), from the verb praescribere.

  1. borrowed from praescriptivus — “relating to a legal exception”

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a…

    Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at prescriptive. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at prescriptive. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at prescriptive

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA