Definition of "prescriptivism" []

• The support or promotion of prescriptive grammar. (noun)

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• "A very large chunk of prescriptivism is indeed based on acceptance of language judgments that you encounter early in life."
• "The psychology of prescriptivism is likely very similar to the psychology of racism or spiritualism or conservatism/progressivism."
• "However, it does offer evidence for the suspicion that one appeal of prescriptivism is a kind of sentimental conservatism — the desire to feel as though one is preserving tradition."