規き範はん的てき

na-adjective

normative; prescriptive

Used in academic, philosophical, or formal contexts to describe standards, rules, or ideals that prescribe how things should be, rather than describing how they are.

• 規き範はん的てきな文ぶん法ぽうは、言こと葉ばの正ただしい使つかい方かたを定さだめる。

  Prescriptive grammar establishes the correct usage of language.

• 彼かれの研けん究きゅうは規き範はん的てきな倫りん理り学がくに焦しょう点てんを当あてている。

  His research focuses on normative ethics.