different between destructive vs prescriptivist

English

Etymology

From Middle French destructif, from Latin destructivus, from past participle of destruere (“to tear down, destroy”) + -ivus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??st??kt?v/, /d??st??kt?v/

Adjective

destructive (comparative more destructive, superlative most destructive)

1. Causing destruction; damaging.
2. Causing breakdown or disassembly.

3. (computing) Lossy; causing irreversible change.

Synonyms

• calamitous
• catastrophic
• devastating
• disastrous
• eradicative
• harmful
• pernicious
• ruinous
• wrackful
• wreckful

Antonyms

• constructive
• nondestructive, non-destructive
• productive

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

French

Adjective

destructive

1. feminine singular of destructif

Latin

Adjective

d?str?ct?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of d?str?ct?vus

English

Etymology

prescriptive +? -ist

Noun

prescriptivist (plural prescriptivists)

1. Someone who lays down rules regarding language usage, or who believes that traditional norms of language usage should be upheld.

Synonyms

• prescriptionist

Antonyms

• descriptionist
• descriptivist

Related terms

• prescribe
• prescriptivism
• prescriptivistic

See also

• grammarian

Adjective

prescriptivist (comparative more prescriptivist, superlative most prescriptivist)

1. Having a tendency to prescribe.

Synonyms

• prescriptionist
• prescriptionistic
• prescriptivistic

Antonyms

• descriptionist
• descriptionistic
• descriptivist
• descriptivistic

Related terms

• prescribe
• prescriptivism
• prescriptivistic