descriptivist
English
Etymology
descriptive + -ist
Adjective
descriptivist (comparative more descriptivist, superlative most descriptivist)
- Subscribing to, or related to, descriptivism.
Noun
descriptivist (plural descriptivists)
- Someone who records and describes actual rules regarding language usage, or who believes that linguistic norms should be defined by usage rather than theory.
Derived terms
- descriptivistic