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Descriptivist
Meaning
Adj
●
Subscribing to, or related to, descriptivism.
Noun
●
In Linguistics & Occupations:
Someone who
records
and
describes
actual
rules
regarding
language
usage
, or who
believes
that
linguistic
norms
should be
defined
by
usage
rather than
theory.
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Synonyms
Descriptionistic
Descriptivistic
Descriptionist
Antonyms
Prescriptionist
Prescriptionistic
Prescriptivist
Prescriptivistic
Related
Relativist
Positivist
Subjectivist
Constructivist
Rationalist
Formalist
Literalist
Theistic Evolutionist
Generative Grammar
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