prescriptivist

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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