prescriptivism

English Thesaurus

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

hypernym	:	doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought,
definition	:	a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school (noun.cognition)

domain category	:	linguistics,
definition	:	the scientific study of language (noun.cognition)

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

hypernym	:	doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought,
definition	:	a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school (noun.cognition)

domain category	:	ethics, moral philosophy,
definition	:	the philosophical study of moral values and rules (noun.cognition)