What does "prescriptive" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "prescriptive"?

Common synonyms include: absolute, accepted, accustomed, acknowledged, admitted, authoritarian.

Pronounced //pɹɪˈskɹɪptɪv//.

//pɹɪˈskɹɪptɪv// adj

adj ·Moderate ·High school level

Adjective

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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