descriptionistn.adj.

Brit.

/dᵻˈskrɪpʃn̩ɪst/,

/dᵻˈskrɪpʃənɪst/, U.S.

/dəˈskrɪpʃənəst/,

/diˈskrɪpʃənəst/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: description n., -ist suffix.

Etymology: < description n. + -ist suffix.

A. n.

Originally: a person who describes something or someone; spec. one who gives (mere) descriptions that are free from evaluation, explanation, etc. Later chiefly: a person who believes in the importance or priority of description; an adherent or advocate of descriptivism (in any sense). Cf. descriptivist n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [noun] > one who describes

descriptor1528

describer?1550

painter1570

presenter1608

delineator1631

imagera1680

detailer1794

descriptionist1819

pictorialist1839

word-painter1839

delineatress1848

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [noun] > truthful person > one who professes accuracy

descriptionist1819

precisionist1827

precisioner1892

1819 W. Green Tourist's New Guide I. 71 Poets are..more tender with their distances than mere descriptionists.

1838 Fraser's Mag. 17 31 These locomotive descriptionists..and thirty mile an hour travelling penmen.

1897 A. McArthur Pianforte Study vii. 51 Balzac, the greatest descriptionist in literature, poured forth a torrent of words on their behalf.

1907 Jrnl. Educ. (Univ. of Boston School of Educ.) 23 May 574/2 Eneking has taught me..the point of view of the impressionist who dares not to be a descriptionist or a typist.

1914 C. D. Broad Perception, Physics & Reality ii. 81 The descriptionist would say: From this particular state of volition the motion of my arm at some later moment can be inferred.

1950 Mind 59 423 Munro eschews all dealings with evaluation, but like so many other pure descriptionists in fact assumes a value attitude.

1965 K. W. Bolle Persistence of Relig. vi. v. 124 We feel a closer association with the mere classifier or descriptionist who does not know better than with the theological theoretician who should know better.

2003 P. Brians Common Errors in Eng. Usage Introd. p. iv Even the most laissez-faire descriptionist will admit that..‘perverbial’ is not just a variant spelling of ‘proverbial’—it's a mistake.

B. adj.

Of or relating to descriptionists.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adjective] > concerned with facts

positive1594

matter of fact1712

factual1820

factful1853

descriptionist1914

1914 C. D. Broad Perception, Physics & Reality ii. 91 The descriptionist view is liable to underrate it [sc. the importance of substances in causality] by talking as if causal laws merely connected events in general.

1924 Harvard Theol. Rev. 17 380 A group of natural philosophers which I may briefly designate as the Descriptionist School. This school eschews the concept of cause... It renounces the notion that science explains phenomena or accounts for them, and holds that science's proper business is merely to give accounts of them.

1977 G. F. Drake Role of Prescriptivism in Amer. Linguistics, 1820–1970 iv. 37 More recently the NCTE has officially moved into a strong descriptionist position.

2007 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 40 37 Heilbron's claim is that descriptionist methodologies are the response to a crisis induced by factors outside the discipline.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	descriptionist
释义	descriptionistn.adj. Brit. /dᵻˈskrɪpʃn̩ɪst/, /dᵻˈskrɪpʃənɪst/, U.S. /dəˈskrɪpʃənəst/, /diˈskrɪpʃənəst/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: description n., -ist suffix. Etymology: < description n. + -ist suffix. A. n. Originally: a person who describes something or someone; spec. one who gives (mere) descriptions that are free from evaluation, explanation, etc. Later chiefly: a person who believes in the importance or priority of description; an adherent or advocate of descriptivism (in any sense). Cf. descriptivist n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [noun] > one who describes descriptor1528 describer?1550 painter1570 presenter1608 delineator1631 imagera1680 detailer1794 descriptionist1819 pictorialist1839 word-painter1839 delineatress1848 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [noun] > truthful person > one who professes accuracy descriptionist1819 precisionist1827 precisioner1892 1819 W. Green Tourist's New Guide I. 71 Poets are..more tender with their distances than mere descriptionists. 1838 Fraser's Mag. 17 31 These locomotive descriptionists..and thirty mile an hour travelling penmen. 1897 A. McArthur Pianforte Study vii. 51 Balzac, the greatest descriptionist in literature, poured forth a torrent of words on their behalf. 1907 Jrnl. Educ. (Univ. of Boston School of Educ.) 23 May 574/2 Eneking has taught me..the point of view of the impressionist who dares not to be a descriptionist or a typist. 1914 C. D. Broad Perception, Physics & Reality ii. 81 The descriptionist would say: From this particular state of volition the motion of my arm at some later moment can be inferred. 1950 Mind 59 423 Munro eschews all dealings with evaluation, but like so many other pure descriptionists in fact assumes a value attitude. 1965 K. W. Bolle Persistence of Relig. vi. v. 124 We feel a closer association with the mere classifier or descriptionist who does not know better than with the theological theoretician who should know better. 2003 P. Brians Common Errors in Eng. Usage Introd. p. iv Even the most laissez-faire descriptionist will admit that..‘perverbial’ is not just a variant spelling of ‘proverbial’—it's a mistake. B. adj. Of or relating to descriptionists. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adjective] > concerned with facts positive1594 matter of fact1712 factual1820 factful1853 descriptionist1914 1914 C. D. Broad Perception, Physics & Reality ii. 91 The descriptionist view is liable to underrate it [sc. the importance of substances in causality] by talking as if causal laws merely connected events in general. 1924 Harvard Theol. Rev. 17 380 A group of natural philosophers which I may briefly designate as the Descriptionist School. This school eschews the concept of cause... It renounces the notion that science explains phenomena or accounts for them, and holds that science's proper business is merely to give accounts of them. 1977 G. F. Drake Role of Prescriptivism in Amer. Linguistics, 1820–1970 iv. 37 More recently the NCTE has officially moved into a strong descriptionist position. 2007 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 40 37 Heilbron's claim is that descriptionist methodologies are the response to a crisis induced by factors outside the discipline. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1819
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