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prescriptiveness

prescriptiveness noun: the state or condition of being prescriptive.

Noun

prescriptiveness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being prescriptive.
    Synonyms:
    prescriptivity

Synonyms of prescriptiveness

Origin of prescriptiveness

From prescriptive + -ness.

Questions about prescriptiveness

What does prescriptiveness mean?
Prescriptiveness means the state or condition of being prescriptive.
What part of speech is prescriptiveness?
Prescriptiveness is a noun.

Words near prescriptiveness in the dictionary

  1. prescriptionists
  2. prescriptionless
  3. prescriptions
  4. prescriptive
  5. prescriptively
  6. prescriptiveness
  7. prescriptivism
  8. prescriptivisms
  9. prescriptivist
  10. prescriptivistic
  11. prescriptivists

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