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Associations to the word «Descriptivism»

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Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

DESCRIPTIVISM, noun. (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements have a truth value.

DESCRIPTIVISM, noun. (linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting descriptive linguistics.

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We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.

John Locke