noun. The support or promotion of prescriptive grammar.

noun. The doctrine that acceptable grammatical rules should be prescribed by authority, rather than be determined by common usage.

noun. prescribing idealistic norms, as opposed to describing realistic forms, of linguistic usage.

noun. (linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting prescriptive linguistics

noun. (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements prescribe appropriate attitudes and behavior

"A very large chunk of prescriptivism is indeed based on acceptance of language judgments that you encounter early in life."

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