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Linguistic prescription is a part of a language standardization process. [20] The chief aim of linguistic prescription is to specify socially preferred language forms (either generally, as in Standard English, or in style and register) in a way that is easily taught and learned. [21]
The Proscribed Royalist, 1651, painted by John Everett Millais c. 1853, in which a Puritan woman hides a fleeing Royalist proscript in the hollow of a tree. Proscription (Latin: proscriptio) is, in current usage, a 'decree of condemnation to death or banishment' (Oxford English Dictionary) and can be used in a political context to refer to state-approved murder or banishment.
prescribe and proscribe. To prescribe something is to command or recommend it. To proscribe somebody or something is to outlaw them or it. Standard: The doctor prescribed some medicine to clear up the infection. [68] Standard: The new law was going to proscribe public gatherings. prevaricate, procrastinate, and prognosticate.
Custom (law), a right enjoyed through long use Easement by prescription, acquisition of private property rights through uncontested use; Prescription (sovereignty transfer), acquisition of sovereignty through uncontested use
In all US states, optometrists prescribe medications to treat certain eye diseases, and also issue spectacle and contact lens prescriptions for corrective eyewear. [16] Several US states have passed RxP legislation, allowing clinical psychologists who are registered as medical psychologists and have also undergone specialized training in script ...
And yet, some practitioners are still hesitant to prescribe hormone therapy. “The truth of the matter is there has been a decided lack of education on the part of doctors and patients,” states ...
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) signed two bills into law earlier this week that will allow pharmacists in the state to prescribe hormonal birth control. House Bill 5436 gives Michigan ...
Michael Hechter and Karl-Dieter Opp define norms as "cultural phenomena that prescribe and proscribe behavior in specific circumstances." [13] Sociologists Christine Horne and Stefanie Mollborn define norms as "group-level evaluations of behavior."