See descriptivist in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish descriptive\nProto-Indo-European *-id-\nProto-Indo-European *-yéti\nProto-Indo-European *-idyéti\nProto-Hellenic *-íďďō\nAncient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)\nProto-Hellenic *-tās\nAncient Greek -τής (-tḗs)\nAncient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.\nLatin -istader.\nOld French -istebor.\nMiddle English -ist\nEnglish -ist\nEnglish descriptivist\nFrom descriptive + -ist.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "descriptivists",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "descriptivist (plural descriptivists)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"en:Linguistics"
],
"glosses": [
"Someone who records and describes actual rules regarding language usage, or who believes that linguistic norms should be defined by usage rather than theory."
],
"links": [
[
"linguistics",
"linguistics"
],
[
"linguistic",
"linguistic"
],
[
"usage",
"usage"
],
[
"theory",
"theory"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(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."
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dɪˈskɹɪptɪvɪst/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "descriptionist"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "deskriptivisti"
}
],
"word": "descriptivist"
}
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