Prescriptivist

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  • noun. 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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  • noun. Someone who lays down rules regarding language usage, or who believes that traditional norms of language usage should be upheld.
  • adjective. Having a tendency to prescribe.
    • Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    descriptivist  
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