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Descriptivism
noun
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Definitions
1.
noun
The practice of describing realistic forms, as opposed to prescribing idealistic norms, of linguistic usage.
Synonyms
descriptivist
description
descriptionism
distributionalism
usagist
discourse analysis
structuralism
functionalism
syntacticism
langue
syntactocentrism
linguo-stylistics
Antonyms
prescriptivism
Rhymes With
prescriptivism
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