1. (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements have a truth value 
2. (linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting descriptive linguistics

Derived forms: descriptivisms

Type of: doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought

Encyclopedia: Descriptivism

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• floating bridge
• floating dock
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• floating fern
• floating mine
• floating policy
• floating voter
• floating-moss
• floating-point
• floating-point notation
• floating-point number
• floating-point operation
• floating-point representation system
• floatplane
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• flocculation
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• flocculent
• flocculus