In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
PRESCRIPTIVIST
Etymology
Noun
prescriptivist (plural prescriptivists)
Someone who lays down rules regarding language usage, or who believes that traditional norms of language usage should be upheld.
Synonyms
• prescriptionist
Antonyms
• descriptivist
Adjective
prescriptivist (comparative more prescriptivist, superlative most prescriptivist)
Having a tendency to prescribe.
Synonyms
• prescriptionist
• prescriptivistic
Antonyms
• descriptivist
• descriptivistic
Source: Wiktionary
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(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
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