prescriptive
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British, America) IPA: /pɹɪˈskɹɪptɪv/
prescriptive
- Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.
- Synonyms: normative
- Antonyms: descriptive, proscriptive, nonprescriptive
- For one thing, spoken language tends to be less subjected to prescriptive
pressures than written language, and hence is a less artificial medium of com-
munication (written language is often a kind of 'censored' version of spoken
language). [...]
- For one thing, spoken language tends to be less subjected to prescriptive
- Russian: предпи́сывающий
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