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prescriptivism

prescriptivism

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English

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Linguistic prescription

Etymology

From prescriptive +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈskɹɪp.tɪv.ɪzm̩/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈskɹɪp.tɪ.vɪzm̩/

Noun

prescriptivism (countable and uncountable, plural prescriptivisms)

(linguistics) The practice of prescribing idealistic norms, as opposed to describing realistic forms, of linguistic usage.
Antonym: descriptivism

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Translations

prescribing idealistic language norms

Czech: preskriptivismus m
Finnish: preskriptiivinen kielioppi
French: prescriptivisme (fr) m, normativisme (fr) m
German: Präskriptivismus m
Hungarian: preskriptivizmus, normativizmus
Indonesian: preskriptivisme
Italian: prescrittivismo m
Japanese: 規範主義 (ja) (kihanshugi)
Latvian: preskriptīvisms
Polish: preskryptywizm (pl) m, normatywizm (pl) m
Portuguese: prescritivismo (pt) m, normativismo (pt) m
Russian: прескриптивизм (ru) m (preskriptivizm)
Serbo-Croatian: preskriptivizam m
Slovak: preskriptivizmus m
Spanish: prescriptivismo m, normativismo m
Ukrainian: прескриптивізм m (preskryptyvizm)

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