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proscriptivism

proscriptivism noun: a proscriptive approach.

Noun

proscriptivism (uncountable)

  1. A proscriptive approach.

Origin of proscriptivism

From proscriptive + -ism.

Questions about proscriptivism

What does proscriptivism mean?
Proscriptivism means a proscriptive approach.
What part of speech is proscriptivism?
Proscriptivism is a noun.

Words near proscriptivism in the dictionary

  1. proscriptionists
  2. proscriptions
  3. proscriptive
  4. proscriptively
  5. proscriptiveness
  6. proscriptivism
  7. proscriptivist
  8. proscriptivists
  9. proscripts
  10. proscuitto
  11. proscutella

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