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Descriptivism is an English word with synonyms like doctrine or philosophy. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Descriptivism meaning

The practice of describing realistic forms, as opposed to prescribing idealistic norms, of linguistic usage.

Synonyms of Descriptivism

doctrine philosophy philosophical system school of thought ism

Related words

Other words often associated with Descriptivism or its synonyms:

belief humanities arts

Using Descriptivism

  • The main meaning on this page is: The practice of describing realistic forms, as opposed to prescribing idealistic norms, of linguistic usage.
  • Useful related words include: doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought.

Context around Descriptivism

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 13.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

render 1×

Often after:

implausible 1×

Sentence patterns with Descriptivism

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

kinds of descriptivism 1× to render descriptivism implausible as 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

he gives several 1× kripke rejects both 1×

Common sentence endings:

kinds of descriptivism 1× references determined e 1×

Words around Descriptivism

Just before it in the word index:

descriptiveness 2 descriptively 7 descriptive 232 descriptions 722 description 2.408 descriptio 5

Just after it in the word index:

descriptivist 3 descriptor 75 descriptors 35 desdemona 28 desdichado 3 dese 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 4 aacr 4 aacsb 4 aadar 4 aadk 4 aadujeevitham 4

Corpus analysis for Descriptivism

  • In this selection, "descriptivism" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 13.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, render and implausible stand out and add context to how "descriptivism" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include kinds of descriptivism and to render descriptivism implausible as. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "descriptivism" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with descriptivism

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Kripke rejects both these kinds of descriptivism. (7 words)

He gives several examples purporting to render descriptivism implausible as a theory of how names get their references determined (e. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

He gives several examples purporting to render descriptivism implausible as a theory of how names get their references determined (e. (20 words)

Kripke rejects both these kinds of descriptivism. (7 words)

Example sentences (2)

He gives several examples purporting to render descriptivism implausible as a theory of how names get their references determined (e.

Kripke rejects both these kinds of descriptivism.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "descriptivism" in a sentence?
An example: "He gives several examples purporting to render descriptivism implausible as a theory of how names get their references determined (e." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "descriptivism" from authentic English texts.
What does "descriptivism" mean?
Descriptivism means: The practice of describing realistic forms, as opposed to prescribing idealistic norms, of linguistic usage.
What are synonyms of "descriptivism"?
Common synonyms of "descriptivism" include: doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism.
How many example sentences with "descriptivism" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "descriptivism", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.