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Prescriptive Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ive

Prescriptive has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

pertaining to giving directives or rules

"prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage"

2

Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.

See Also
prescribe descriptive prescriptivity standard nonprescriptive prescriptivism action behavior
Related Terms
Antonyms
descriptive
Rhyming Words
vive zive give yive jive wive tive rive five bive dive live hive skive blive shive alive snive chive swive
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