| 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. |
| IMPREDICATIVE | • impredicative adj. (Logic, of a proposition) definable only in terms of a totality of which it is itself a part. • IMPREDICATIVE adj. of a definition, given in terms that require quantification over a range that includes that which is to be defined. |
| INSCRIPTIVELY | • inscriptively adv. In an inscriptive manner. • INSCRIPTIVE adv. relating to or constituting an inscription. |
| OPERATIVITIES | • OPERATIVITY n. the state of being operative. |
| PARTICIPATIVE | • participative adj. That participates, or is capable of participating. • PARTICIPATIVE adj. relating to or involving participation. |
| PARVANIMITIES | • parvanimities n. Plural of parvanimity. • PARVANIMITY n. pettiness, meanness. |
| PERIVITELLINE | • perivitelline adj. (Anatomy) Situated around (or near) the vitellus. • PERIVITELLINE adj. surrounding the yolk of an egg. |
| PERVICACITIES | • PERVICACITY n. the state of being pervicacious, stubborn, also PERVICACY. |
| PRECIPITATIVE | • precipitative adj. Synonym of precipitate. • PRECIPITATIVE adj. serving to precipitate. |
| 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. |
| PRIMOGENITIVE | • primogenitive n. (Obsolete) primogeniture. • PRIMOGENITIVE n. (Shakespeare) primogeniture, also PRIMOGENITURE. |
| PROHIBITIVELY | • prohibitively adv. In a prohibitive manner. • prohibitively adv. To a prohibitive extent. • PROHIBITIVE adv. tending to prohibit or restrain. |
| PROVABILITIES | • provabilities n. Plural of provability. • PROVABILITY n. the state of being provable, also PROVEABILITY. |
| 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. |
| REPRIVATIZING | • reprivatizing v. Present participle of reprivatize. • REPRIVATIZE v. to privatize again, also REPRIVATISE. |