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Prescriptivism
Noun
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Definitions
1.
Noun
The practice of prescribing idealistic norms, as opposed to describing realistic forms, of linguistic usage.
Synonyms
prescriptivist
grammar
neo-purism
purism
hypercorrectism
hypercorrection
descriptionist
metapragmatics
semantic-pragmatic disorder
predicativist
pseudo-linguistics
pseudolinguistics
Rhymes With
descriptivism
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