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pre·scrip·tivist
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prescriptivistnoun
A person who believes that acceptable practices should be prescribed by an authority rather than be determined by the usage of the general public; especially, a supporter of prescriptive rules of grammar; -- also used attributively, as prescriptivist grammar.
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prescriptivistnoun
Someone who lays down rules regarding language usage, or who believes that traditional norms of language usage should be upheld.
prescriptivistadjective
Having a tendency to prescribe.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of prescriptivist in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of prescriptivist in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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