prescriptivist
English
Etymology
prescriptive + -ist
Noun
prescriptivist (plural prescriptivists)
- Someone who lays down rules regarding language usage, or who believes that traditional norms of language usage should be upheld.
Adjective
prescriptivist (comparative more prescriptivist, superlative most prescriptivist)
- Having a tendency to prescribe.
Synonyms
- prescriptionist
Antonyms
- descriptivist
Related terms
- prescribe
- prescriptivism
- prescriptivistic