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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin praescriptivus (“relating to a legal exception”), from praescript- (“directed in writing”), from the verb praescribere.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɹəˈskɹɪptɪv/, /pɹiˈskɹɪptɪv/
- Audio (Maryland, US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɪptɪv
Hyphenation: pre‧scrip‧tive

Adjective

prescriptive (comparative more prescriptive, superlative most prescriptive)

Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.
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 to prescriptive
  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). [...]

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Translations

of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard

Bulgarian: нормативен (normativen)
Catalan: prescriptiu
Faroese: hevdvunnin, siðbundin
French: normatif (fr)
German: normgebunden, durch Vorgaben diktiert, vorschreibend (de), durch Vorschriften (postpositioned), durch Vorgaben (postpositioned)
Japanese: 規範的な (kihanteki na)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: журамласан (žuramlasan)
Polish: preskryptywny (pl), dyrektywalny (pl)
Romanian: prescriptiv m or n
Russian: предпи́сывающий (ru) (predpísyvajuščij), нормати́вный (ru) (normatívnyj)
Spanish: prescriptivo
Swedish: preskriptiv (sv)

French

Adjective

prescriptive

feminine singular of prescriptif

Romanian

Adjective

prescriptive

inflection of prescriptiv:
1. feminine genitive/dative singular
2. feminine/neuter plural

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