de·scrip·tiv·ism
| \ -tə̇ˌvizəm \
plural -s
Definition of descriptivism
1
: a theory of ethics according to which only descriptive or empirical statements are meaningful
2
: advocacy or use of the methods of descriptive linguistics
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