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Definition of Descriptivism

1. Noun. (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements have a truth value.

2. Noun. (linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting descriptive linguistics.

Definition of Descriptivism

1. Noun. (linguistics) describing realistic forms, as opposed to prescribing idealistic norms, of linguistic usage. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Descriptivism

descriptive-geometry descriptive adjective descriptive anatomy descriptive anthropology descriptive clause descriptive ethics descriptive geometries descriptive geometry descriptive linguistics descriptive myology

descriptive psychiatry descriptive statistics descriptively descriptiveness descriptives descriptivism (current term) descriptivist descriptivists descriptivity descriptor

descriptors descrive descrived descrives descry descrying deseasonalize deseasonalized deseasonalizes deseasonalizing

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