Definition of prescriptivist
pre`scrip´tiv`ist
n.
1.
A
person
who
believes
that
acceptable
practices
should
be
prescribed
by
an
authority
rather
than
be
determined
by
the
usage
of
the
general
public
;
especially
,
a
supporter
of
prescriptive
{
2
}
rules
of
grammar
; -
also
used
attributively
,
as
prescriptivist
grammar
.
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