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Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.

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prescriptive

Source Word

prescriptive

IPA(Pronunciation)

Adjective

Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.

Japanese Meaning

規範や基準に従って、指示または命令された行動や振る舞いに関する / 定められた規範に基づく、標準化された振る舞いを促す性質を持つ

The professor's prescriptive approach to grammar left little room for creative expression.

その教授の規範的な文法へのアプローチは、創造的な表現の余地をほとんど残さなかった。

Sense（1）

Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.

For one thing, spoken language tends to be less subjected to prescriptive

pressures than written language, and hence is a less artificial medium of com-

munication (written language is often a kind of 'censored' version of spoken

language). …

more prescriptive

（ comparative ）

most prescriptive

（ superlative ）