'Prescriptive' definitions:

Definition of 'prescriptive'

From: WordNet
adjective
Pertaining to giving directives or rules; "prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage" [syn: prescriptive, normative] [ant: descriptive]

Definition of 'Prescriptive'

From: GCIDE
  • Prescriptive \Pre*scrip"tive\, a. [L. praescriptivus of a demurrer or legal exception.]
  • 1. (Law) Consisting in, or acquired by, immemorial or long-continued use and enjoyment; as, a prescriptive right of title; pleading the continuance and authority of long custom. [1913 Webster]
  • The right to be drowsy in protracted toil has become prescriptive. --J. M. Mason. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Of or pertaining to the doctrine that acceptable grammatical rules should be prescribed by authority, rather than be determined by common usage. [PJC]

Synonyms of 'prescriptive'

From: Moby Thesaurus