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PRESCRIPTIVISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does prescriptivism mean?
• PRESCRIPTIVISM (noun)
The noun PRESCRIPTIVISM has 2 senses:
1. (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements prescribe appropriate attitudes and behavior
2. (linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting prescriptive linguistics
Familiarity information: PRESCRIPTIVISM used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements prescribe appropriate attitudes and behavior
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("prescriptivism" is a kind of...):
doctrine; ism; philosophical system; philosophy; school of thought (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)
Domain category:
ethics; moral philosophy (the philosophical study of moral values and rules)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting prescriptive linguistics
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("prescriptivism" is a kind of...):
doctrine; ism; philosophical system; philosophy; school of thought (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)
Domain category:
linguistics (the scientific study of language)
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