descriptivist

English

Etymology

descriptive +‎ -ist

Adjective

descriptivist (comparative more descriptivist, superlative most descriptivist)

  1. Subscribing to, or related to, descriptivism.

Noun

descriptivist (plural descriptivists)

  1. An advocate of descriptivism; one who believes a language is defined by usage rather than theory.
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