Proscriptive vs. Prescriptive

Proscriptiveadjective

proscribing or prohibiting, for example as according to a norm or standard

Proscriptiveadjective

Of or pertaining to proscription; consisting in, or of the nature of, proscription; proscribing.

Prescriptiveadjective

Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.

Prescriptiveadjective

Consisting in, or acquired by, immemorial or long-continued use and enjoyment; as, a prescriptive right of title; pleading the continuance and authority of long custom.

Prescriptiveadjective

Of or pertaining to the doctrine that acceptable grammatical rules should be prescribed by authority, rather than be determined by common usage.

Prescriptiveadjective

giving directives or rules;

Prescriptiveadjective

based on or prescribing a norm or standard;