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descriptive
English
Etymology
Latin d?script?vus (“containing a full description”)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??sk??pt?v/
Adjective
descriptive (comparative more descriptive, superlative most descriptive)
- Of, relating to, or providing a description.
- (grammar) Of an adjective, stating an attribute of the associated noun (as heavy in the heavy dictionary).
- (linguistics) Describing the structure, grammar, vocabulary and actual use of a language.
- (sciences, philosophy) Describing and seeking to classify, as opposed to normative or prescriptive.
Antonyms
- (science): prescriptive, normative, non-descriptive
Hyponyms
- self-descriptive
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
descriptive (plural descriptives)
- (grammar) An adjective (or other descriptive word)
See also
- Description on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Linguistic prescription on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- discerptive
French
Adjective
descriptive
- feminine singular of descriptif
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descriptivism
English
Etymology
descriptive +? -ism
Noun
descriptivism (usually uncountable, plural descriptivisms)
- (linguistics) The practice of describing realistic forms, as opposed to prescribing idealistic norms, of linguistic usage.
Antonyms
- prescriptivism
Derived terms
- descriptivist
Related terms
- descriptive
- description
Translations
See also
- realism
- idealism
- formalism
- descriptive grammar
Romanian
Etymology
descriptiv +? -ism
Noun
descriptivism n (uncountable)
- descriptivism
Declension
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