prescriptive

• Описывает правила, руководства или языковые нормы, которые предписывают, как что-то должно делаться или использоваться, а не описывают, как это делается на самом деле.

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.

   Предписывающий

   • 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.

   Synonymsauthoritariancanonicaldictatorialdidacticdogmaticinstructivenormativerigid

   Antonymsdescriptivepermissive

2. Linguistic prescriptivismC2formal

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

   Предписывающий

   • 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.

   Synonymsnormativetraditionalist

   Antonymsdescriptive