prescriptivist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Someone who lays down rules regarding language usage, or who believes that traditional norms of language usage should be upheld.

adj

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prescriptivist prescriptivists more prescriptivist most prescriptivist

From prescriptive + -ist.

prescriptionist prescriptionistic prescriptivistic

descriptionist descriptivist descriptionistic descriptivistic

prescribe prescriptivism prescriptivistic grammarian

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