Defenition of the word prescriptivism

• Defenition of the word prescriptivism

  • (linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting prescriptive linguistics
  • (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements prescribe appropriate attitudes and behavior

Hypernyms for the word prescriptivism

• • doctrine
  • ism
  • philosophical system
  • philosophy
  • school of thought

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