prescriptivist

[ pri-skrip-tuh-vist ]

noun

1. a writer, teacher, or supporter of prescriptive grammar.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or based on prescriptive grammar.

Other Words From

• pre·scriptiv·ism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of prescriptivist¹

First recorded in 1950–55; prescriptive + -ist

Example Sentences

His distaste derives from a basic confusion in the position of the puritanical prescriptivist.

From The Daily Beast

Prescriptivist grammarians will have a boisterous time reading Taipei.

From The Daily Beast