prescriptive
The nature of a statement that prescribes how things ought to be. A prescriptive theory is one that says how people or things should function, as opposed to how they actually do.
Compare: descriptive .
Wex
The nature of a statement that prescribes how things ought to be. A prescriptive theory is one that says how people or things should function, as opposed to how they actually do.
Compare: descriptive .
Wex