Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)The practice of describing realistic forms, as opposed to prescribing idealistic norms, of linguistic usage.

    Deskriptivismus, deskriptive Linguistik

    дескриптивизмdeskriptivizm

    дескриптивізмdeskryptyvizm

More definitions
  • (linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting descriptive linguistics
  • (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements have a truth value

Translations

8 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

From descriptive + -ism.

From descriptive + -ism.

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