deskriptivnyy
Deskriptivnyy is a Russian adjective meaning descriptive. In linguistic and scientific usage, it designates an approach, analysis, or description that aims to record and explain phenomena as they are, without judging or prescribing how they should be.
Etymology: It is a loanword formed from the French descriptif or Latin descriptus, adapted to Russian morphology
Usage: The term appears in discussions of methodological orientation. A deskriptivnyy approach in linguistics favors documentation
History: The descriptive versus prescriptive distinction emerged as a major methodological division in modern linguistics and
See also: Descriptive linguistics, prescriptive grammar, linguistic methodology.