"descriptionistic" meaning in English

See descriptionistic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more descriptionistic [comparative], most descriptionistic [superlative]
Etymology: From description + -istic or descriptionist + -ic. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|description|istic}} description + -istic, {{suffix|en|descriptionist|ic}} descriptionist + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj}} descriptionistic (comparative more descriptionistic, superlative most descriptionistic)
  1. Synonym of descriptionist Tags: rare Synonyms: descriptionist [synonym, synonym-of]

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