English
prescriptivist
From prescriptive + -ist.
A compound of prescriptive + -ist
Latin praescriptivus ‘relating to a legal exception’
English prescriptive
Today it means
noun Someone who lays down rules regarding language usage, or who believes that traditional norms of language usage should be upheld.
Sources
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Etymograph / prescriptivist