FromLatinpraescriptivus(“relating to a legal exception”), frompraescript-(“directed in writing”), from the verbpraescribere.
prescriptive (comparativemoreprescriptive,superlativemostprescriptive)
- Of or pertaining toprescribing orenjoining, especially anaction orbehavior based on anorm orstandard.
- Synonym:normative
- Antonyms:(especially of grammar and usage)descriptive,proscriptive,nonprescriptive
1988, Andrew Radford,Transformational Grammar, Cambridge: University Press,→ISBN, page 8:For one thing, spoken language tends to be less subjected toprescriptive
pressures than written language, and hence is a less artificial medium of com-
munication (written language is often a kind of 'censored' version of spoken
language). [...]
of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard
prescriptive
- femininesingular ofprescriptif
prescriptive
- inflection ofprescriptiv:
- femininegenitive/dativesingular
- feminine/neuterplural
