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prescriptivism
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun prescriptivism has 2 senses
- prescriptivism(n = noun.cognition) Array - (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements prescribe appropriate attitudes and behavior; Array is a kind of doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought
- prescriptivism(n = noun.cognition) Array - (linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting prescriptive linguistics; Array is a kind of doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought
CIDE DICTIONARY
prescriptivism, n.
The doctrine that acceptable grammatical rules should be prescribed by authority, rather than be determined by common usage. [PJC]
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