descriptivism

Noun

 * 1)  The practice of describing realistic forms, as opposed to prescribing idealistic norms, of linguistic usage.

Translations

 * Catalan: descriptivisme
 * Czech: deskriptivismus
 * Finnish: deskriptiivinen kielioppi
 * French:
 * Greek: περιγραφική γλωσσολογία
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: deskriptivisme
 * Italian: descrittivismo
 * Japanese:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: deskriptivizam
 * Slovak: deskriptivizmus
 * Spanish: descriptivismo
 * Tagalog: pagkalarawanin
 * Ukrainian: дескриптивізм

Etymology
From.