prescriptivism

prescriptivism

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English prescriptive
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.
English -ism
English prescriptivism

    From prescriptive + -ism.

    Pronunciation

    • (UK) IPA(key): /pɹəˈskɹɪp.tɪv.ɪzm̩/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • (US) IPA(key): /pɹəˈskɹɪp.tɪ.vɪzm̩/

    Noun

    prescriptivism (countable and uncountable, plural prescriptivisms)

    1. (linguistics) The practice of prescribing idealistic norms, as opposed to describing realistic forms, of linguistic usage.
      Antonym: descriptivism

    Translations

    See also

    • prescriptive grammar
    • normative grammar
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