Prescriptive and Recognized

Prescriptive

Prescriptive adjective - Based on customs usually handed down from a previous generation.

Recognized and prescriptive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Recognized" instead an adjective "Prescriptive".

Recognized

Recognized adjective - Having a good reputation especially in a field of knowledge.

Prescriptive and recognized are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Prescriptive" instead an adjective "Recognized".

Both words in one sentence

  • In fact there is no such thing as objectively correct usagenote True, as far as it goes, but there is a recognized difference between descriptive and prescriptive linguistics with widely differing aims.
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