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prescriptivisms

prescriptivisms is the plural of prescriptivism.

Meaning of prescriptivism

Noun

prescriptivism (countable and uncountable, plural prescriptivisms)

  1. The practice of prescribing idealistic norms, as opposed to describing realistic forms, of linguistic usage.
    Antonyms:
    descriptivism

Questions about prescriptivisms

What is prescriptivisms the plural of?
Prescriptivisms is the plural of prescriptivism.

Words near prescriptivisms in the dictionary

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

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