descriptivist

Meanings

Plural: descriptivists

Adj

Subscribing to, or related to, descriptivism.

Noun

Someone who records and describes actual rules regarding language usage, or who believes that linguistic norms should be defined by usage rather than theory.

Origin / Etymology

From descriptive + -ist.

Synonyms

descriptionist, descriptionistic, descriptivistic

Antonyms

prescriptionist, prescriptionistic, prescriptivist, prescriptivistic

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