Prescriptivism

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The support or promotion of prescriptive grammar.
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  • n. prescribing idealistic norms, as opposed to describing realistic forms, of linguistic usage.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The doctrine that acceptable grammatical rules should be prescribed by authority, rather than be determined by common usage.
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  • n. (linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting prescriptive linguistics
  • n. (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements prescribe appropriate attitudes and behavior
    • Antonym
    descriptivism   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    ism    philosophy    school of thought    doctrine    philosophical system   
     
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