nonprescriptive
Allowing free choice
Nonprescriptive describes an approach that doesn't dictate rules or impose standards.
A nonprescriptive grammar describes how people actually speak rather than how they should speak.
Nonprescriptive guidelines offer suggestions without mandating compliance: The handbook is nonprescriptive—use what works for your situation.
Done by choice
- electiveChosen, not mandated
- discretionarySubject to personal judgment
- uncompelledNot made to act
- unforcedNot made to happen
nonmandatory · nonbinding · facultative · unrequired · unmandated · advisory · suggestive · recommendatory
Accepting of differences
- lenientTolerant of faults
- permissiveTolerant, lacking strictness
- accommodatingWilling to help others
- acceptingWilling to receive
liberal · open-minded · broad-minded · nonjudgmental · inclusive · laissez-faire · undogmatic · indulgent
Able to change accordingly
- fluidSubstance that flows
- elasticAble to stretch, rebounds
- versatileCapable in varied contexts
- adjustableAble to be changed
malleable · unstructured · unregimented · loose · informal · casual · unrigid · variable
voluntary
Done by choice
- electiveChosen, not mandated
- discretionarySubject to personal judgment
- uncompelledNot made to act
unforced · nonmandatory · nonbinding · facultative · unrequired · unmandated · advisory · suggestive · recommendatory
tolerant
Accepting of differences
- lenientTolerant of faults
- permissiveTolerant, lacking strictness
- accommodatingWilling to help others
accepting · liberal · open-minded · broad-minded · nonjudgmental · inclusive · laissez-faire · undogmatic · indulgent · forgiving
adaptive
Able to change accordingly
adjustable · malleable · unstructured · unregimented · loose · informal · casual · unrigid · variable · contextual
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Dictating correct usage
prescriptivist · normative · proscriptive · traditional · purist
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Dictating correct usage
mandatory · compulsory · binding · directive · strict
nonprescriptivestrict
Rigorous, without flexibility
rigid · inflexible · doctrinaire · orthodox · regimented
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