prescriptivism
Definitions
Noun
- (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements prescribe appropriate attitudes and behavior
- (linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting prescriptive linguistics
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| 1 | criticism | 4 | 40 |
| 2 | criticisms | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | descriptions | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | descriptive | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | restrictive | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | prescription | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | positivism | 5 | 4 |
| 8 | proscription | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | prescriptions | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | relativism | 5 | 2 |
| 11 | transcripts | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | prescribes | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | recidivism | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | nonprescription | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | scripts | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | recidivist | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | protectionism | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | preservatives | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | non-prescription | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | transcriptions | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | recitatives | 4 | 0 |
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Spelled Like: 21
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This Word in the News:
Debating the Addition of Gender-Neutral Titles in the Military
May 7, 2025 University of Colorado Boulder
May 7, 2025 University of Colorado Boulder
Descriptivism, prescriptivism, and assertionism — here, as to ‘entitled’ used to mean ‘called’
Jan 20, 2015 The Washington Post
Jan 20, 2015 The Washington Post