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descriptivisms

descriptivisms is the plural of descriptivism.

Meaning of descriptivism

Noun

descriptivism (usually uncountable, plural descriptivisms)

  1. (usually) The practice of describing realistic forms, as opposed to prescribing idealistic norms, of linguistic usage.

Questions about descriptivisms

What is descriptivisms the plural of?
Descriptivisms is the plural of descriptivism.

Words near descriptivisms in the dictionary

  1. descriptive statistics
  2. descriptively
  3. descriptiveness
  4. descriptives
  5. descriptivism
  6. descriptivisms
  7. descriptivist
  8. descriptivistic
  9. descriptivists
  10. descriptivity
  11. descriptor

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Adapted from Wiktionary: descriptivisms (page history and authors); descriptivism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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