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Meaning of "prescriptiveness" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF PRESCRIPTIVENESS

prɪˈskrɪptɪvnəs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRESCRIPTIVENESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Prescriptiveness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PRESCRIPTIVENESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of prescriptiveness in the English dictionary

The definition of prescriptiveness in the dictionary is the fact of being prescriptive.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRESCRIPTIVENESS

absorptiveness · activeness · adaptiveness · cooperativeness · creativeness · defectiveness · descriptiveness · disruptiveness · eruptiveness · imperceptiveness · inattentiveness · informativeness · innovativeness · inoperativeness · intuitiveness · positiveness · presumptiveness · proscriptiveness · stick-to-itiveness · susceptiveness

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRESCRIPTIVENESS

prescious · prescission · prescore · Prescott · prescreen · prescribe · prescribed · prescriber · prescript · prescriptibility · prescriptible · prescription · prescription charge · prescription glasses · prescription pad · prescriptive · prescriptively · prescriptivism · prescriptivist · prescutum

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRESCRIPTIVENESS

adhesiveness · appropriateness · attentiveness · attractiveness · awareness · awesomeness · brand awareness · business · closeness · competitiveness · completeness · cost-effectiveness · cuteness · effectiveness · hoarseness · likeness · oneness · responsiveness · self-awareness · soreness · uniqueness

Synonyms and antonyms of prescriptiveness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «prescriptiveness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRESCRIPTIVENESS

Find out the translation of prescriptiveness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of prescriptiveness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «prescriptiveness» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

规定性
1,325 millions of speakers
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preceptivo
570 millions of speakers
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prescriptiveness
510 millions of speakers
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prescriptiveness
380 millions of speakers
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prescriptiveness
280 millions of speakers
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prescriptiveness
278 millions of speakers
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prescritivo
270 millions of speakers
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prescriptiveness
260 millions of speakers
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prescriptif
220 millions of speakers
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Preskriptif
190 millions of speakers
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prescriptiveness
180 millions of speakers
ja

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prescriptiveness
130 millions of speakers
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prescriptiveness
85 millions of speakers
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Prescriptiveness
85 millions of speakers
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prescriptiveness
80 millions of speakers
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prescriptiveness
75 millions of speakers
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दिशानिर्देश
75 millions of speakers
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prescriptiveness
70 millions of speakers
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prescrittività
65 millions of speakers
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prescriptiveness
50 millions of speakers
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prescriptiveness
40 millions of speakers
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prescriptiveness
30 millions of speakers
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prescriptiveness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voorskriftelikheid
14 millions of speakers
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prescriptiveness
10 millions of speakers
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prescriptiveness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of prescriptiveness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRESCRIPTIVENESS»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about prescriptiveness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRESCRIPTIVENESS»

Discover the use of prescriptiveness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prescriptiveness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Psychological Approach to Ethical Reality
A perceptual field location would make prescriptiveness basically a perceptual phenomenon, while the existential interpretation would make prescriptiveness an emotional phenomenon. The only problem with these two assignations is that ...
K. Hillner, 2000
2
Form and Function in a Legal System: A General Study
The most common legal rules have the feature of prescriptiveness. That is, such rules prescribe that an action or decision of a certain type is prohibited, permitted, or required. Many governmental communications are not prescriptive. Instead ...
Robert S. Summers, 2005
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Global Environmental Forest Policies: An International ...
The substantial variation in policy approach across case study jurisdictions is a striking feature of these results, with aggregate levels of prescriptiveness ranging from the maximum (ten) to the minimum (zero) possible. Policy settings for public  ...
Constance McDermott, Benjamin William Cashore, Peter Kanowski, 2010
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Method in Ethical Theory
Where was prescriptiveness to go? It might be in the edicts of reason, but reason was soon reduced to the slave of the passions. It might be in the pressures of desire, but desire seemed too varying and competitive to provide a stable place — ...
Abraham Edel, 1993
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The Institutional Economics of Foreign Aid
Thus, it is now the prescriptiveness ofthe law that raises the probability ofa conflicting action. The more a law reduces the set ofallowed actions, the higher the probability of a violation of the law, because of contradicting social norms. Hence ...
Bertin Martens, Uwe Mummert, Peter Murrell, 2002
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Reason and Morality
engage in action, as against going through motions that he emits with no control exerted by him for purposes he regards as good. In dealing with the question of how the agent's adherence to rational criteria bears on the prescriptiveness of the  ...
Alan Gewirth, 1981
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Schools for Misrule: Legal Academia and an Overlawyered America
THE. “VOICE. OF. OLYMPIAN. PRESCRIPTIVENESS”. If legal academics are wont to adopt what one observer has called an “authoritative voice of Olympian prescriptiveness,” it is only partly owing to their command of specialized expertise .
Walter K. Olson, 2013
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Form-Oriented Analysis: A New Methodology to Model ...
9.1. Descriptiveness,. Prescriptiveness,. and. the. Software. Process. As a starting point for this discussion, consider the following quote from Winston W. Royce, in the introduction of his seminal paper [266] : I am going to describe my personal ...
Dirk Draheim, Gerald Weber, Dr. Gerald Weber, 2005
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Individual Change Through Small Groups, 2nd Ed.
Prescriptiveness of the pattern of constituent performances a. Highly prescriptive activities are likely to be less attractive than less prescriptive activities. b. High prescriptiveness is likely to result in a channeling and constricting of behavior. c.
Martin Sundel, 1985
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Groupwork in Social Care
Vinter's six dimensions are given below, with illustrations from our case studies. PRESCRIPTIVENESS The de^e of prescribed structure for an activity e.g. agameof snooker would have high prescriptiveness Activities in the Women's Mental ...
Julie Phillips, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRESCRIPTIVENESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term prescriptiveness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Excerpts from CNBC Transcript: In conversation with... F.W. de Klerk
Stop government interference in the economy to the extent which it is taking place, there is too much prescriptiveness, there is over regulation ... «CNBC, Jul 15»
2
Miguel's Wildheart is less heart, more horny
It's also a fundamental misunderstanding of Miguel's appeal, which has nothing to do with his sexuality; if anything, sexual prescriptiveness and ... «The Verge, Jun 15»
3
Harper Review – cartels and concerted practices
... criticised for their complexity and prescriptiveness. The recommendations, if adopted, should provide greater territorial nexus with Australia, ... «Lexology, May 15»
4
Government backs down on some requirements for digital medical …
"The level of federal involvement and prescriptiveness now is unhealthy," says Wachter, who chairs the UCSF department of medicine. «USA TODAY, May 15»
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Lawrie McFarlane: Critical thinking can't exist without the facts
The volume and prescriptiveness of the curriculum will be reduced. • Teachers will be given expanded latitude in what and how they teach. «Times Colonist, Apr 15»
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There is no housing boom, just housing obstruction
The Productivity Commission in a related research report appeals against the high-level prescriptiveness of zoning regulations. The Australian ... «Business Spectator, Apr 15»
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The Carbon Brief interview: Jean-Pascal van Ypersele
... which is very important, and which can be improved, and policy-prescriptiveness, the IPCC would very quickly lose its credibility. So I think it's ... «Carbon Brief, Apr 15»
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Is the agony aunt revival good news for women?
Matt Petonzia believes that openness rather than prescriptiveness is at the heart of the modern-day agony aunt's appeal. "Today's columnists ... «Daily Life, Feb 15»
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A searching IR review is overdue
The paper indeed asks if the "complex legal and institutional architecture that is distinctive to Australia" in its centralisation and prescriptiveness ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jan 15»
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Some child, left behind?
We know that too much federal prescriptiveness may actually prevent states from innovating in ways that would be useful. On the other hand, ... «Harvard Gazette, Jan 15»
REFERENCE
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