prescriptive

• يصف القواعد أو التوجيهات أو المعايير اللغوية التي تفرض كيفية وجوب القيام بشيء ما أو استخدامه، بدلاً من وصف كيفية القيام به فعلياً.

Describes rules, guidelines, or language norms that dictate how something should be done or used, rather than describing how it is actually done.

1. Giving rules or directionsC1formal

   Tending to prescribe or set down rules; stating how something should be done rather than describing how it is done.

   آمِر، واضع للقواعد

   • The manual provides prescriptive instructions for assembling the furniture.
   • Her approach to grammar is highly prescriptive.
   • The government issued prescriptive guidelines for the new policy.

   المرادفاتauthoritariancanonicaldictatorialdidacticdogmaticinstructivenormativerigid

   الأضدادdescriptivepermissive

2. Linguistic prescriptivismC2formal

   Relating to the belief that there are correct and incorrect ways to use language, often based on traditional rules.

   الوصفي المعياري

   • Prescriptive grammarians often criticize the use of 'ain't'.
   • The textbook takes a prescriptive stance on verb conjugation.
   • Many linguists argue against prescriptive rules in everyday speech.

   المرادفاتnormativetraditionalist

   الأضدادdescriptive