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prescriptivism
pre·scrip·tiv·ism P0537150 (prĭ-skrĭp′tə-vĭz′əm)n. The support or promotion of prescriptive grammar.
pre·scrip′tiv·ist adj. & n.prescriptivism (prɪˈskrɪptɪˌvɪzəm) n (Philosophy) ethics the theory that moral utterances have no truth value but prescribe attitudes to others and express the conviction of the speaker. Compare descriptivism, emotivismprescriptivismpurism.See also: LanguageThesaurus| Noun | 1. | prescriptivism - (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements prescribe appropriate attitudes and behaviordoctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought - a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or schoolmoral philosophy, ethics - the philosophical study of moral values and rules | | 2. | prescriptivism - (linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting prescriptive linguisticsdoctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought - a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or schoollinguistics - the scientific study of language |
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prescriptivism
Words related to prescriptivismnoun (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements prescribe appropriate attitudes and behaviorRelated Words- doctrine
- ism
- philosophical system
- philosophy
- school of thought
- moral philosophy
- ethics
noun (linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting prescriptive linguisticsRelated Words- doctrine
- ism
- philosophical system
- philosophy
- school of thought
- linguistics
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