Proscription vs Prescriptive - What's the difference?
proscription | prescriptive |
A prohibition.
(history) Decree of condemnation toward one or more persons, especially in the Roman antiquity.
* 1837 , Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb,
The act of proscribing, or its result.
A decree or law that prohibits.
Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.
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As a noun proscription
is a prohibition.As an adjective prescriptive is
of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.proscription
English
(wikipedia proscription)Noun
(en noun)- He was wholly unopposed, for the boldest spirits had fallen in battle, or in the proscription [...]
Usage notes
* Do not confuse with prescriptionprescriptive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- For one thing, spoken language tends to be less subjected to prescriptive
pressures than written language, and hence is a less artificial medium of com-
munication (written language is often a kind of 'censored' version of spoken
language). [...]