Home › Words › A › antidescriptivismantidescriptivismantidescriptivism means opposition to descriptivism.EtymologyFrom anti- + descriptivism.nounOpposition to descriptivism.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.anticonstructivism 69% match — Opposing constructivism. vs antidescriptivism →descriptivistic 68% match — Of a descriptivist; of or relating to descriptivism. vs antidescriptivism →antidesegregation 67% match — Opposing desegregation. vs antidescriptivism →antiempiricism 66% match — Opposition to empiricism. vs antidescriptivism →antirelativism 66% match — An opposition to relativism. vs antidescriptivism →descriptivism 66% match — The practice of describing realistic forms, as opposed to prescribing idealistic norms, of linguistic usage. vs antidescriptivism →descriptionist 64% match — Synonym of descriptivist. vs antidescriptivism →antitraditionalism 64% match — Opposition to traditionalism. vs antidescriptivism →