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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 behaviorplay

2. (linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting prescriptive linguisticsplay

  Familiarity information: PRESCRIPTIVISM used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PRESCRIPTIVISM (noun)


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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