Synonyms for "descriptivism"

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

5 entries

doctrineismphilosophical systemphilosophyschool of thought

Antonyms

1 entries

prescriptivism

Related terms

6 entries

descriptiondescriptivedescriptive grammarformalismidealismrealism

derived

2 entries

antidescriptivismdescriptivist

derived from

1 entries

descriptive

has context

2 entries

ethicslinguistics

is a

1 entries

doctrine

related to

9 entries

describedescriptiondescriptiveformformalismidealismnormprescriberealism

Translations

20 translations across 19 languages.

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Catalan

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• descriptivisme noun (describing realistic language forms)

Czech

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• deskriptivismus noun (describing realistic language forms)

Finnish

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• deskriptiivinen kielioppi noun (describing realistic language forms)

French

1 entries

• descriptivisme noun (describing realistic language forms)

German

2 entries

• Deskriptivismus noun (describing realistic language forms)
• deskriptive Linguistik noun (describing realistic language forms)

Greek

1 entries

• περιγραφική γλωσσολογία noun (describing realistic language forms)

Hungarian

1 entries

• deskriptivizmus noun (describing realistic language forms)

Indonesian

1 entries

• deskriptivisme noun (describing realistic language forms)

Italian

1 entries

• descrittivismo noun (describing realistic language forms)

Japanese

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• 記述主義 noun (describing realistic language forms)

Polish

1 entries

• deskryptywizm noun (describing realistic language forms)

Portuguese

1 entries

• descritivismo noun (describing realistic language forms)

Romanian

1 entries

• descriptivism noun (describing realistic language forms)

Russian

1 entries

• дескриптивизм noun (describing realistic language forms)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries

• deskriptivizam noun (describing realistic language forms)

Slovak

1 entries

• deskriptivizmus noun (describing realistic language forms)

Spanish

1 entries

• descriptivismo noun (describing realistic language forms)

Tagalog

1 entries

• pagkalarawanin noun (describing realistic language forms)

Ukrainian

1 entries

• дескриптивізм noun (describing realistic language forms)

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