Words and phrases that have a meaning related to prescriptive:  (142 results)
Antonyms:
descriptive
Often used in the same context:
proscriptive, restrictive, legalistic, dogmatic, standardized, didactic, inflexible, simplistic, rigid, onerous, vaguer, formalistic, intrusive, generalized, moralistic, permissive, pedantic, reductionist, cumbersome, formulaic, reductive, paternalistic, descriptive, subjective, constrictive, psychodynamic, deontological, judgmental, punitive, structured, stringent, interventionist, straightforward, hortatory, doctrinaire, wordy, preachy, prescribed, draconian, individualized, piecemeal, rigorous, literalist, rote learning, holistic, burdensome, nonrestrictive, explicit, dialogical, reactive, specific, illiberal, facilitative, prudential, summative, simplified, dirigiste, ambiguous, wholistic, regimented, practical, incomprehensive, interactional, standardised, flexible, censorious, rote, obtuse, maximalist, plurilateral, nuanced, explanatory, unspecific, digressive, laissez faire, arbitrary, recommendatory, regulated, evaluative, prolix, bureaucratic, counteractive, counterproductive, distortive, sensible, unhelpful, politically correct, reflexive pronoun, pragmatic, duplicable, discursive, mechanistic, inefficacious, originalist, simpler, compliant, circumscribed, hierarchical, learnable, unworkable, particularistic, hermeneutical, directional, empirical, personal, abrasive, adaptive, affective, apocalyptic, arable, coercive, communal, constraining, contractile, decorative, deserving, deviant, dispersive, effective, eschatological, evil, normative, generalizable, explicative, universalistic, axiomatic, exclusionary, probabilistic, substantive, heuristic, juridical, semiotic, applicable, conventional, denotative, inclusionary, teleological, declarative
Appears in the definition of:
permissive
Synonyms:
received, standard
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— Nouns for prescriptive: right, rights, approach, authority, rules, literature, theory, model, models, period, grammar, more...

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