descriptivism

English

Etymology

From descriptive +‎ -ism.

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

descriptivism (usually uncountable, plural descriptivisms)

1. (linguistics) The practice of describing realistic forms, as opposed to prescribing idealistic norms, of linguistic usage.

Antonyms

• prescriptivism

Derived terms

• antidescriptivism
• descriptivist

Related terms

• descriptive
• description

Translations

describing realistic language forms

• Catalan: descriptivisme m
• Czech: deskriptivismus m
• Finnish: deskriptiivinen kielioppi
• French: descriptivisme (fr) m
• German: Deskriptivismus m, deskriptive Linguistik f
• Greek: περιγραφική γλωσσολογία f (perigrafikí glossología)
• Hungarian: deskriptivizmus (hu)
• Indonesian: deskriptivisme
• Italian: descrittivismo m
• Japanese: 記述主義 (ja) (kijutsushugi)
• Polish: deskryptywizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: descritivismo (pt) m
• Romanian: descriptivism (ro) n
• Russian: дескриптивизм (ru) m (deskriptivizm)
• Serbo-Croatian: deskriptivizam m
• Slovak: deskriptivizmus m
• Spanish: descriptivismo m
• Tagalog: pagkalarawanin
• Ukrainian: дескриптивізм m (deskryptyvizm)

See also

• realism
• idealism
• formalism
• descriptive grammar

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin dēscriptīvuslbor.

French descriptifbor.

Romanian descriptiv

Romanian -ism

Romanian descriptivism

From descriptiv + -ism.

Noun

descriptivism n (uncountable)

1. descriptivism

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	descriptivism	descriptivismul
genitive-dative	descriptivism	descriptivismului
vocative	descriptivismule