"prescriptivism" meaning in All languages combined

See prescriptivism on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /pɹəˈskɹɪp.tɪv.ɪzm̩/ [UK], /pɹəˈskɹɪp.tɪ.vɪzm̩/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prescriptivism.wav Forms: prescriptivisms [plural]
Etymology: From prescriptive + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|prescriptive|ism}} prescriptive + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} prescriptivism (countable and uncountable, plural prescriptivisms)
  1. (linguistics) The practice of prescribing idealistic norms, as opposed to describing realistic forms, of linguistic usage. Wikipedia link: Linguistic prescription Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics Related terms: prescribe, prescription, prescriptive, prescriptivist, proscriptivism, prescriptive grammar, normative grammar Translations (prescribing idealistic language norms): preskriptivismus [masculine] (Czech), preskriptiivinen kielioppi (Finnish), prescriptivisme [masculine] (French), normativisme [masculine] (French), Präskriptivismus [masculine] (German), preskriptivizmus (Hungarian), normativizmus (Hungarian), preskriptivisme (Indonesian), prescrittivismo [masculine] (Italian), 規範主義 (kihanshugi) (Japanese), preskriptīvisms (Latvian), preskryptywizm [masculine] (Polish), normatywizm [masculine] (Polish), prescritivismo [masculine] (Portuguese), normativismo [masculine] (Portuguese), прескриптивизм (preskriptivizm) [masculine] (Russian), preskriptivizam [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), preskriptivizmus [masculine] (Slovak), prescriptivismo [masculine] (Spanish), normativismo [masculine] (Spanish), прескриптивізм (preskryptyvizm) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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