prescriptive
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Etymology[edit]
From Latin praescriptivus (“relating to a legal exception”), from praescript- (“directed in writing”), from the verb praescribere.
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Adjective[edit]
prescriptive (comparative more prescriptive, superlative most prescriptive)
- Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.
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1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational Grammar, Cambridge: University Press, ISBN 0-521-34750-5, page 8:
- For one thing, spoken language tends to be less subjected to prescriptive
pressures than written language, and hence is a less artificial medium of com-
munication (written language is often a kind of 'censored' version of spoken
language). [...]
- For one thing, spoken language tends to be less subjected to prescriptive
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Antonyms[edit]
- descriptive (especially of grammar and usage)
- proscriptive
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Translations[edit]
of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard
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