D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

prescriptivism

· pre·scrip·tiv·ism · IPA /pɹəˈskɹɪp.tɪ.vɪzm̩/
01 n. The doctrine that acceptable grammatical rules should be prescribed by authority, rather than be determined by common usage.
  1. 1.
    The doctrine that acceptable grammatical rules should be prescribed by authority, rather than be determined by common usage.