prescriptive
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Britannica Dictionary definition of PRESCRIPTIVE
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[more prescriptive; most prescriptive]
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giving exact rules, directions, or instructions about how you should do something
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Critics claim the new rules/regulations are too prescriptive.
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technical
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providing rules and opinions that tell people how language should be used
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opposite descriptive
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prescriptive dictionaries
