Synonyms for "praescriptive" (137 found)

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Closest matches (28)

absoluteacceptedaccustomedacknowledgedadmittedauthoritarianauthoritativeautocraticaveragebindingcanonicalcommandingcommoncommonplacecompellingcompulsoryconclusiveconformableconstrictiveconsuetudinary

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conventionalcurrentcustomarydecisivedecretaldecretivedecretorydictated

Strong matches (41)

dictatingdictatorialdidacticdirectivedogmaticentailedestablishedethnocentriceverydayexceptionalexcludingexclusiveexclusoryfamiliarfinalfixedfolkformularygenerally acceptedhabitual

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hallowedhanded downhard and fasthard-and-fastheroichoaryhouseholdimmemorialimperativeimperiousimposedinadmissibleinstructiveinsularinveterateirrevocablejussivelegendarylong establishedlong standinglong-established

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long-standingmandatedmandatingmandatorymustmythologicalnarrownormalnormativeobligatingobligatoryobtainingof long standingof the folkofficialoralordinaryoverbearingparochialperemptory

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popularpreceptivepreclusivepredominatingprescribedprescriptprevailingprevalentpreventiveprohibitivereceivedrecognizedregularregulationrequiredrestrictiverootedrubricseclusivesegregativeselectselectiveseparativesetsnobbishstandardstatutorystocktime-honoredtraditionaltried and truetrue bluetrue-blueultimateunderstooduniversalunwrittenusualvenerablevernacularwidespreadwithout appealwontedworshipfulxenophobic

Adjective(2 words)

normativeprescriptionist

Adjective(1 words)

normative

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