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発音

• IPA: /dəˈskɹɪptɪv/, /diˈskɹɪptɪv/

形容詞

descriptive (comparative more descriptive, superlative most descriptive)

1. Of, relating to, or providing a description.

   Hyponym: self-descriptive

2. (grammar) Of an adjective, stating an attribute of the associated noun (as heavy in the heavy dictionary).
3. (linguistics) Describing the structure, grammar, vocabulary and actual use of a language.
4. (sciences, philosophy) Describing and seeking to classify, as opposed to normative or prescriptive.

   Antonyms: normative, non-descriptive, prescriptive

   • 2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 13 February 2012, page 162:

     He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.

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名詞

descriptive (plural descriptives)

1. (grammar) An adjective (or other descriptive word).

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参考

• Description on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Linguistic prescription on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• discerptive, predictives