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English
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Etymology
From Latin praescriptivus (“relating to a legal exception”), from praescript- (“directed in writing”), from the verb praescribere.
Pronunciation
Adjective
prescriptive (comparative more prescriptive, superlative most prescriptive)
- Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.
- Synonym: normative
- Antonyms: (especially of grammar and usage) descriptive, proscriptive, nonprescriptive
1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational Grammar, Cambridge: University Press, →ISBN, page 8:For one thing, spoken language tends to be less subjected to prescriptive
pressures than written language, and hence is a less artificial medium of com-
munication (written language is often a kind of 'censored' version of spoken
language). [...]
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Translations
of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard
French
Adjective
prescriptive
- feminine singular of prescriptif
Romanian
Adjective
prescriptive
- inflection of prescriptiv:
- feminine genitive/dative singular
- feminine/neuter plural