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Prescriptivism

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Noun

1. prescriptivism

(ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements prescribe appropriate attitudes and behavior

2. prescriptivism

(linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting prescriptive linguistics

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Prescriptivism

see synonyms of prescriptivism
noun
ethics
the theory that moral utterances have no truth value but prescribe attitudes to others and express the conviction of the speaker
Compare descriptivism, emotivism

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Prescriptivism

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n.
The support or promotion of prescriptive grammar.

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