Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word PRESCRIPTIVIST
PRESCRIPTIVIST
Definitions of PRESCRIPTIVIST
- Having a tendency to prescribe.
- (linguistics) Someone who lays down rules regarding language usage, or who believes that traditional norms of language usage should be upheld.
Number of letters
14
Is palindrome
No
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Examples of Using PRESCRIPTIVIST in a Sentence
- Although some neologism that are products of verbification may meet considerable opposition from prescriptivist authorities (the verb sense of impact is a well-known example), most such derivations have become so central to the language after several centuries of use that they no longer draw notice.
- Such preposition-stranding is perfectly grammatical and has been used by the best writers for centuries, though it was, in the past, criticized by prescriptivist grammarians as being either ungrammatical or informal.
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