Prescriptivist vs Sumpsimus - What's the difference?

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Prescriptivist is a see also of sumpsimus.


As nouns the difference between prescriptivist and sumpsimus

is that prescriptivist is someone who lays down rules regarding language usage, or who believes that traditional norms of language usage should be upheld while sumpsimus is adherence to or persistence in using a strictly correct term in rejection of a more common (but technically incorrect) form.

As an adjective prescriptivist

is having a tendency to prescribe.

prescriptivist

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone who lays down rules regarding language usage, or who believes that traditional norms of language usage should be upheld.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a tendency to prescribe.

    • Antonyms

    * descriptivist

    Related terms

    * prescribe * prescriptivism

    sumpsimus

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • adherence to or persistence in using a strictly correct term in rejection of a more common (but technically incorrect) form
  • :I'll not change my old mumpsimus for your new sumpsimus ! — John Nichols (ed.), "Autobiography of Edward Underhill"
  • :Some be too stiff in their old mumpsimus, others be too busy and curious in their sumpsimus . — Henry VIII
  • a person obstinate or zealous about such correctness; a pedant

    • Antonyms

    * mumpsimus

    See also

    * prescriptivist ----