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Prescriptive

//pɹɪˈskɹɪptɪv// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.

    "For one thing, spoken language tends to be less subjected to prescriptive pressures than written language, and hence is a less artificial medium of com- munication (written language is often a kind of 'censored' version of spoken language). [...]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    pertaining to giving directives or rules wordnet

Etymology

From Latin praescriptivus (“relating to a legal exception”), from praescript- (“directed in writing”), from the verb praescribere.

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