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descriptivists

descriptivists is the plural of descriptivist.

Meaning of descriptivist

Noun

descriptivist (plural descriptivists)

  1. Someone who records and describes actual rules regarding language usage, or who believes that linguistic norms should be defined by usage rather than theory.

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Questions about descriptivists

What is descriptivists the plural of?
Descriptivists is the plural of descriptivist.

Words near descriptivists in the dictionary

  1. descriptives
  2. descriptivism
  3. descriptivisms
  4. descriptivist
  5. descriptivistic
  6. descriptivists
  7. descriptivity
  8. descriptor
  9. descriptors
  10. descriptory
  11. descriptum

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