"descriptivist" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /dɪˈskɹɪptɪvɪst/ [UK] Forms: more descriptivist [comparative], most descriptivist [superlative]
Etymology: descriptive + -ist Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|descriptive|ist}} descriptive + -ist Head templates: {{en-adj}} descriptivist (comparative more descriptivist, superlative most descriptivist)
  1. Subscribing to, or related to, descriptivism. Synonyms: descriptionistic, descriptivistic Translations (Translations): deskriptivistinen (Finnish), kuvaava (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-descriptivist-en-adj-nIoUxvdi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: descriptionist

Noun [English]

IPA: /dɪˈskɹɪptɪvɪst/ [UK] Forms: descriptivists [plural]
Etymology: descriptive + -ist Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|descriptive|ist}} descriptive + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} descriptivist (plural descriptivists)
  1. (linguistics) Someone who records and describes actual rules regarding language usage, or who believes that linguistic norms should be defined by usage rather than theory. Categories (topical): Linguistics, Occupations Derived forms: descriptivistic Translations (Translations): deskriptivisti (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-descriptivist-en-noun-l4WWDqzr Disambiguation of Occupations: 15 85 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ist Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 75 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 25 75 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: descriptionist

Noun [Romanian]

Etymology: Borrowed from French descriptiviste. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|ro|fr|descriptiviste|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} French descriptiviste, {{bor+|ro|fr|descriptiviste}} Borrowed from French descriptiviste Head templates: {{ro-noun|m|descriptiviști}} descriptivist m (plural descriptiviști) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun|g=m|gpd=descriptiviștilor|gpi=descriptiviști|gsd=descriptivistului|gsi=descriptivist|n=|npd=descriptiviștii|npi=descriptiviști|nsd=descriptivistul|nsi=descriptivist|vp=descriptiviștilor|vs=descriptivistule|vs2=}} Forms: descriptiviști [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], descriptivist [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], un descriptivist [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], descriptivistul [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], descriptiviști [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], niște descriptiviști [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], descriptiviștii [accusative, definite, nominative, plural], descriptivist [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], unui descriptivist [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], descriptivistului [dative, definite, genitive, singular], descriptiviști [dative, genitive, indefinite, plural], unor descriptiviști [dative, genitive, indefinite, plural], descriptiviștilor [dative, definite, genitive, plural], descriptivistule [singular, vocative], descriptiviștilor [plural, vocative]
  1. descriptivist Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-descriptivist-ro-noun-qLKVemFL Categories (other): Romanian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "form": "descriptivistule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "descriptiviștilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "descriptiviști"
      },
      "expansion": "descriptivist m (plural descriptiviști)",
      "name": "ro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "gpd": "descriptiviștilor",
        "gpi": "descriptiviști",
        "gsd": "descriptivistului",
        "gsi": "descriptivist",
        "n": "",
        "npd": "descriptiviștii",
        "npi": "descriptiviști",
        "nsd": "descriptivistul",
        "nsi": "descriptivist",
        "vp": "descriptiviștilor",
        "vs": "descriptivistule",
        "vs2": ""
      },
      "name": "ro-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Romanian countable nouns",
        "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Romanian lemmas",
        "Romanian masculine nouns",
        "Romanian nouns",
        "Romanian nouns with red links in their headword lines",
        "Romanian terms borrowed from French",
        "Romanian terms derived from French"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "descriptivist"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "descriptivist",
          "descriptivist#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "descriptivist"
}

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