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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
descriptivism/dɪˈskrɪptɪvɪz(ə)m/

▶noun Philosophy the doctrine that the meanings of terms are purely descriptive.

– derivatives
descriptivist noun & adjective.

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