Prescriptivism
nounid
110474·updated May 18, 2026verified
(ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements prescribe appropriate attitudes and behavior
polysemous
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Variants
- plural
- Prescriptivisms
- possessive
- Prescriptivism's
- pluralpossessive
- Prescriptivisms'
Framework definitions
- §1
- (linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting prescriptive linguistics
- §2
- (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements prescribe appropriate attitudes and behavior
- §1 · legacy_primary
- (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements prescribe appropriate attitudes and behaviorDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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