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prescriptive
 
Adjective prescriptive has 2 senses
  1. prescriptive, normative - giving directives or rules; "prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage"
    Antonym: descriptive
  2. normative, prescriptive - based on or prescribing a norm or standard; "normative grammar"
    Antonym: nonstandard (indirect, via standard)
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