Prescriptivism is an antonym of descriptivism. Descriptivism is an antonym of prescriptivism.
In context|linguistics|lang=en terms the difference between descriptivism and prescriptivism is that descriptivism is (linguistics) describing]] realistic forms, as opposed to [[prescribe|prescribing idealistic norms, of linguistic usage while prescriptivism is (linguistics) prescribing idealistic norms, as opposed to describing realistic forms, of linguistic usage.
As nouns the difference between descriptivism and prescriptivism is that descriptivism is (linguistics) describing]] realistic forms, as opposed to [[prescribe|prescribing idealistic norms, of linguistic usage while prescriptivism is (linguistics) prescribing idealistic norms, as opposed to describing realistic forms, of linguistic usage.
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