descriptive
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin dēscriptīvus (“containing a full description”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈskɹɪptɪv/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]descriptive (comparative more descriptive, superlative most descriptive)
- Of, relating to, or providing a description.
- (grammar) Of an adjective, stating an attribute of the associated noun (as heavy in the heavy dictionary).
- (linguistics) Describing the structure, grammar, vocabulary and actual use of a language.
- (sciences, philosophy) Describing and seeking to classify, as opposed to normative or prescriptive.
- 2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, in American Scientist[1], volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 13 February 2012, page 162:
- He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “science”): prescriptive, normative, non-descriptive
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[edit]Translations
[edit]of, or relating to description
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stating an attribute to associated noun
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describing a language
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describing and seeking to classify
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Noun
[edit]descriptive (plural descriptives)
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- Description on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Linguistic prescription on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]descriptive
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