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prescriptivism

prescriptivism

English

Noun

prescriptivism ‎(uncountable)

(linguistics) prescribing idealistic norms, as opposed to describing realistic forms, of linguistic usage.

Antonyms

descriptivism

Translations

prescribing idealistic language norms

German: normative Grammatik f, präskriptive Grammatik (de) f
Italian: grammatica normativa f, grammatica prescrittiva f

Portuguese: prescritivismo (pt) m
Spanish: prescriptivismo lingüístico m, normativismo lingüístico m

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