Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

proscriptive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English

Syllables
pro-scrip-tive
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

proscribing or prohibiting, for example as according to a norm or standard

Inflected Forms

more proscriptive (comparative) most proscriptive (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonproscriptive proscriptively proscriptiveness proscriptivism proscriptivist

Frequently Paired Words

proscribe

Antonyms

prescriptive

Questions

What does proscriptive mean?
proscribing or prohibiting, for example as according to a norm or standard

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