DESCRIPTIVISMS Antonyms

• tendency to assert principles as undeniably true

• the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented

• (philosophy) the philosophical theory that formal (logical or mathematical) statements have no meaning but that its symbols (regarded as physical entities) exhibit a form that has useful applications

• the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms

• relating to or dealing with norms

• pertaining to giving directives or rules

• pertaining to giving directives or rules

• (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements prescribe appropriate attitudes and behavior

• (linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting prescriptive linguistics

• scrupulous or exaggerated insistence on purity or correctness (especially in language)

• the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending

• the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe

• strict adherence to traditional methods or teachings

• adherence to tradition (especially in cultural or religious matters)

• the doctrine that all knowledge was originally derived by divine revelation and that it is transmitted by traditions