a writer, teacher, or supporter of prescriptive grammar
adjective
2.
of, pertaining to, or based on prescriptive grammar
Derived forms
prescriptivism
noun
Word origin
[1950–55; prescriptive + -ist]This word is first recorded in the period 1950–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Common Market, drip-dry, hot line, point spread, wiretap-ist is a suffix of nouns, often corresponding to verbs ending in -ize or nouns ending in -ism, that denote a person who practices or is concerned with something, or holds certainprinciples, doctrines, etc. Other words that use the affix -ist include: Thomist, dramatist, novelist, realist, socialist