most descriptivist

de·scrip·tiv·ist

[dih-skrip-tuh-vist]
noun
1.
a writer, teacher, or supporter of descriptive grammar or descriptive linguistics.
adjective
2.
of, pertaining to, or based on descriptive grammar or descriptive linguistics.

Origin:
1950–55; descriptive + -ist

de·scrip·tiv·ism, noun
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descriptivism (dɪˈskrɪptɪˌvɪzəm) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
ethics prescriptivism Compare emotivism the theory that moral utterances have a truth value
 
de'scriptivist
 
adj

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