prescriptionist
English
adj
Definitions
- (political science) Relying on historical precedent rather than current usage (to determine rights or correctness).
Etymology
Suffix from English prescription.
Origin
English
prescription
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- deprescription English
- e-prescription English
- misprescription English
- nonprescription English
- overprescription English
- prescription English
- prescriptionistic English
- prescriptionless English
- represcription English
- underprescription English
- prescripcion Old French