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pre·scrip·tive  (pr-skrptv)

adj.

1. Sanctioned or authorized by long-standing custom or usage.

2. Making or giving injunctions, directions, laws, or rules.

3. Law Acquired by or based on uninterrupted possession.

4. Linguistics Based on or establishing norms or rules indicating how a language should or should not be used rather than describing the ways in which a language is used.

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pre·scriptive·ly adv.

pre·scriptive·ness n.

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prescriptive

Adjective

1. laying down rules

2. based on tradition

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

prescriptive - pertaining to giving directives or rules; "prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage" normative grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) descriptive - describing the structure of a language; "descriptive grammar"

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prescriptive

adjective dictatorial, rigid, authoritarian, legislating, dogmatic, didactic, preceptive

Translations

prescriptive [prɪˈskrɪptɪv] adj → normativo

prescriptive [prɪˈskrɪptɪv] adj → normatif/ive

prescriptive [prɪˈskrɪptɪv] adj → normativ

prescriptive [prɪˈskrɪptɪv] adj → normativo/a