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The phrase "a descriptive term" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a word or phrase that provides specific information about a noun or concept.
Example: "In linguistics, 'adjective' is often considered a descriptive term because it modifies a noun by providing additional details."
Alternatives: "an explanatory term" or "a defining term".
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Who decides when a descriptive term has outlived its usefulness?
Yet, as a descriptive term, "cyber-bullying" feels deliberately vague.
They use it functionally, as a descriptive term, and contemptuously, in order to degrade.
Aphanitic is a descriptive term for small crystals, and phaneritic for larger ones.
That's also the point where "the obvious shit" ceases to be merely a descriptive term and also becomes evaluative.
As a descriptive term, imitation covers a wide range of behaviour.
Happily, it turns out that "cat's paw" is a descriptive term for the leather made from young cows not cats.
Zatarain's term "Fish-Fri" is a descriptive term that has acquired a secondary meaning in the New Orleans area.
The district court found that "Fish-Fri" was a descriptive term identifying a function of the product being sold.
"Suddenly it could be used as a descriptive term, without all the negative connotations it would have had 10 years earlier".
"The terminology is just a descriptive term, and there's no question that has to be explained," Dr. Norton said.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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