1. descriptivist - Noun
2. descriptivist - Adjective
descriptivist (comparative more descriptivist, superlative most descriptivist)
Subscribing to, or related to, descriptivism.
descriptivist (plural descriptivists)
(linguistics) Someone who records and describes actual rules regarding language usage, or who believes that linguistic norms should be defined by usage rather than theory.
According to descriptivist theories, proper names either are synonymous with descriptions, or have their reference determined by virtue of the name's being associated with a description or cluster of descriptions that an object uniquely satisfies. Source: Internet
In 1973 Tyler Burge proposed a metalinguistic descriptivist theory of proper names which holds that names have the meaning that corresponds to the description of the individual entities to whom the name is applied. Source: Internet
However, as the construction grows in popularity, the strength of the descriptivist objection is progressively reduced. Source: Internet