Term: descriptivism: (linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting descriptive linguistics
Candidate hypernym: doctrine: a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school → 1
Candidate hypernym: romanian monetary unit: monetary unit in Romania → 0
Candidate hypernym: berteroa: hoary alyssum → 0
Candidate hypernym: uneven parallel bars: a pair of parallel bars set at different heights; used in women's gymnastics → 0
Candidate hypernym: spring cankerworm: variably colored looper; larva of Paleacrita vernata → 0
Candidate hypernym: thing: a separate and self-contained entity → 0
Candidate hypernym: cricket: a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs → 0
Candidate hypernym: manna lichen: any of several Old World partially crustaceous or shrubby lecanoras that roll up and are blown about over African and Arabian deserts and used as food by people and animals → 0
Candidate hypernym: stern: the rear part of a ship → 0
Candidate hypernym: skim milk: milk from which the cream has been skimmed → 0
Candidate hypernym: white man's burden: the supposed responsibility of the white race to provide care for their non-white subjects → 0