prescriptivism

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Etymology

From prescriptive +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈskɹɪp.tɪv.ɪzm̩/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈskɹɪp.tɪ.vɪzm̩/

Noun

prescriptivism (countable and uncountable, plural prescriptivisms)

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

   Antonym: descriptivism

Related terms

• prescribe
• prescription
• prescriptive
• prescriptivist
• proscriptivism

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)

See also

• prescriptive grammar
• normative grammar