Someone who believes in or practices descriptivism; a linguist who studies language as it is actually used rather than prescribing rules.
From description + -ist (one who practices or believes in). Created in the 20th century to identify linguists following the descriptive rather than prescriptive approach.
Descriptionists freed us from grammar teachers' tyranny by insisting language should be studied as people actually speak it—not as some rulebook says they should.
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