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".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- familiar and prescriptive
- familiar and recognized
- normal and prescriptive
- normal and recognized
- usual and prescriptive
- usual and recognized
- common and prescriptive
- common and recognized
- customary and prescriptive
- customary and recognized
- habitual and prescriptive
- habitual and recognized
- accustomed and prescriptive
- accustomed and 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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