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antidescriptivism

antidescriptivism noun: opposition to descriptivism.

Noun

antidescriptivism (uncountable)

  1. Opposition to descriptivism.

Origin of antidescriptivism

From anti- + descriptivism.

Questions about antidescriptivism

What does antidescriptivism mean?
Antidescriptivism means opposition to descriptivism.
What part of speech is antidescriptivism?
Antidescriptivism is a noun.

Words near antidescriptivism in the dictionary

  1. antiderivative
  2. antiderivatives
  3. antidermatitic
  4. antidermatitis
  5. antidermatotic
  6. antidescriptivism
  7. antidesegregation
  8. antideserter
  9. antidesertification
  10. antidesertion
  11. antidesiccant

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