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proscriptivist

proscriptivist noun: one who is characterized by proscribing; one who tends to proscribe.

Noun

proscriptivist (plural proscriptivists)

  1. (rare) One who is characterized by proscribing; one who tends to proscribe.
    • Pushing on likely required repeated mobilizing of arguments to counter the views of the proscriptivist factions, those promoting a retreat from this prescriptive strategy and the application of a proscriptive ceremonial ideological strategy […]2018, A. Martin Byers, The Real Mound Builders of North America, page 166

Forms of proscriptivist

pluralproscriptivists

Origin of proscriptivist

From proscriptive + -ist.

Questions about proscriptivist

What does proscriptivist mean?
Proscriptivist means one who is characterized by proscribing; one who tends to proscribe.
What part of speech is proscriptivist?
Proscriptivist is a noun.
What is the plural of proscriptivist?
The plural of proscriptivist is proscriptivists.

Words near proscriptivist in the dictionary

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

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