prescriptivist
[ pri-skrip-tuh-vist ]
noun
a writer, teacher, or supporter of prescriptive grammar.
adjective
of, relating to, or based on prescriptive grammar.
Origin of prescriptivist
1First recorded in 1950–55; prescriptive + -ist
Other words from prescriptivist
- pre·scrip·tiv·ism, noun
Words Nearby prescriptivist
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How to use prescriptivist in a sentence
His distaste derives from a basic confusion in the position of the puritanical prescriptivist.
Go Ahead, End With a Preposition: Grammar Rules We All Can Live With | Nick Romeo | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTprescriptivist grammarians will have a boisterous time reading Taipei.
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