prescriptionismn.
/prᵻˈskrɪpʃn̩ɪz(ə)m/, /prᵻˈskrɪpʃənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /priˈskrɪpʃəˌnɪz(ə)m/, /prəˈskrɪpʃəˌnɪz(ə)m/, /pərˈskrɪpʃəˌnɪz(ə)m/ Philosophy.
= prescriptivism n. 2.
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1962 Amer. Speech 37 215 Long's expressed dissatisfaction with school grammars..as well as his impatience with common proscriptions like everybody they indicate his rejection of traditional prescriptionism.
1980 College Eng. 41 700/1 Hirsch..provides a strong argument for prescriptionism, documents that modern English has not evolved as rapidly as previously predicted, and shows [etc.].
1984 E. Regis Gewirth's Ethical Rationalism 1 in D. Vickers Econ. & Ethics (1997) iii. 45 This skepticism has taken many forms: emotivism and other noncognitivisms, intuitionism, subjectivism, prescriptionism, and the recent practice of laying down ultimate moral principles by fiat or mere say-so.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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