| 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. |
| IMPOVERISHING | • impoverishing v. Present participle of impoverish. • IMPOVERISH v. to make poor, also EMPOVERISH. |
| 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. |
| IMPROVABILITY | • improvability n. The condition of being improvable. • IMPROVABILITY n. the state of being improvable. |
| IMPROVISATING | • improvisating v. Present participle of improvisate. • IMPROVISATE v. (obsolete) to improvise. |
| IMPROVISATION | • improvisation n. The act or art of composing and making music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously. • improvisation n. That which is improvised; an impromptu. • improvisation n. Musical technique, characteristic of blues music. |
| IMPROVISATORI | • improvisatori n. Plural of improvisatore. • IMPROVISATORE n. (Italian) an improviser in an Italian manner, also IMPROVVISATORE. |
| IMPROVISATRIX | • improvisatrix n. A female that improvises. • IMPROVISATRIX n. (archaic) a female improvisator, also IMPROVISATRICE. |
| MISPERCEIVING | • misperceiving v. Present participle of misperceive. • MISPERCEIVE v. to perceive wrongly. |
| PARVANIMITIES | • parvanimities n. Plural of parvanimity. • PARVANIMITY n. pettiness, meanness. |
| PRIMIGRAVIDAE | • primigravidae n. Plural of primigravida. • primigravidæ n. Archaic form of primigravidae (plural of primigravida). • PRIMIGRAVIDA n. (Lat.) a woman pregnant for the first time. |
| PRIMIGRAVIDAS | • primigravidas n. Plural of primigravida. • PRIMIGRAVIDA n. (Lat.) a woman pregnant for the first time. |
| PRIMITIVENESS | • primitiveness n. The quality or state of being primitive. • PRIMITIVENESS n. the state of being primitive. |
| PRIMITIVISTIC | • primitivistic adj. Of or pertaining to primitivism. • PRIMITIVISTIC adj. relating to primitivism. |
| PRIMITIVITIES | • primitivities n. Plural of primitivity. • PRIMITIVITY n. the state of being primitive. |
| PRIMOGENITIVE | • primogenitive n. (Obsolete) primogeniture. • PRIMOGENITIVE n. (Shakespeare) primogeniture, also PRIMOGENITURE. |
| PROVINCIALISM | • provincialism n. The quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners. • provincialism n. (Linguistics) A word or locution characteristic of a region or district. • provincialism n. (Politics) Synonym of regionalism: belief in the superiority of one’s regional government; the belief… |