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Descriptivist Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ist

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Definitions
Noun
1

Someone who records and describes actual rules regarding language usage, or who believes that linguistic norms should be defined by usage rather than theory.

Adjective
1

Subscribing to, or related to, descriptivism.

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Rhyming Words
ist nist kist uist hist bist dist list jist wist mist sist iist cist rist gist fist trist feist boist
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