descriptivist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

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.

/dɪˈskɹɪptɪvɪst/

descriptivist more descriptivist most descriptivist descriptivists

From descriptive + -ist.

descriptionist descriptionistic descriptivistic

prescriptionist prescriptionistic prescriptivist prescriptivistic

descriptivistic

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