prescriptive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.

/pɹɪˈskɹɪptɪv/ en-us-prescriptive.ogg /pɹəˈskɹəptəv/

prescriptive more prescriptive most prescriptive præscriptive praescriptive

From Latin praescriptivus (“relating to a legal exception”), from praescript- (“directed in writing”), from the verb praescribere.

normative

descriptive proscriptive nonprescriptive

prescribe prescription

prescriptive ethics prescriptive grammar prescriptively prescriptiveness prescriptivism prescriptivist prescriptivistic prescriptivity unprescriptive

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