| DESCRIPTIVISM | • descriptivism n. (Linguistics) The practice of describing realistic forms, as opposed to prescribing idealistic norms… • DESCRIPTIVISM n. a theory of ethics by which only empirical statements are acceptable. |
| DESCRIPTIVIST | • descriptivist adj. Subscribing to, or related to, descriptivism. • descriptivist n. (Linguistics) Someone who records and describes actual rules regarding language usage, or who believes… • DESCRIPTIVIST adj. relating to descriptivism, a theory of ethics by which only empirical statements are acceptable. |
| DISPRIVILEGED | • disprivileged v. Simple past tense and past participle of disprivilege. • DISPRIVILEGE v. to deprive of a privilege. |
| DISPRIVILEGES | • disprivileges v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disprivilege. • DISPRIVILEGE v. to deprive of a privilege. |
| IMPOVERISHING | • impoverishing v. Present participle of impoverish. • IMPOVERISH v. to make poor, also EMPOVERISH. |
| INSCRIPTIVELY | • inscriptively adv. In an inscriptive manner. • INSCRIPTIVE adv. relating to or constituting an inscription. |
| MISPERCEIVING | • misperceiving v. Present participle of misperceive. • MISPERCEIVE v. to perceive wrongly. |
| OPERATIVITIES | • OPERATIVITY n. the state of being operative. |
| PARVANIMITIES | • parvanimities n. Plural of parvanimity. • PARVANIMITY n. pettiness, meanness. |
| PERVICACITIES | • PERVICACITY n. the state of being pervicacious, stubborn, also PERVICACY. |
| PRIMITIVENESS | • primitiveness n. The quality or state of being primitive. • PRIMITIVENESS n. the state of being primitive. |
| PRIMITIVITIES | • primitivities n. Plural of primitivity. • PRIMITIVITY n. the state of being primitive. |
| PROVABILITIES | • provabilities n. Plural of provability. • PROVABILITY n. the state of being provable, also PROVEABILITY. |
| PROVINCIALISE | • provincialise v. Alternative spelling of provincialize. • PROVINCIALISE v. to make provincial, also PROVINCIALIZE. |
| RECEPTIVITIES | • receptivities n. Plural of receptivity. • RECEPTIVITY n. the state of being receptive. |
| REPRIVATISING | • reprivatising v. Present participle of reprivatise. • REPRIVATISE v. to privatize again, also REPRIVATIZE. |