The author of the Waverley novels is another fine example; but he clearly takes his highest rank as a descriptionist—the painter of effects and appearances rather than of facts and of causes.
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Descriptionist
/dəˈskɹɪpʃənəst/
Synonyms for "descriptionist" (2 found)
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Although he is a descriptionist, he is often more effective than Roberts or Lampman.
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He was, on the other hand, the very opposite of a descriptionist in his physics, especially later in his career.
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“Oh,” said one of my lunch companions, “you’re a descriptionist rather than a prescriptionist.”
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