单词 | normalism |
释义 | normalismn. The quality or state of being normal; belief in or adherence to a norm. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > [noun] > conformity to rule > quality or state of being normal naturalness?a1425 kindliness?c1425 normality1839 normalness1854 normalism1884 normalcy1920 1884 Mind 9 613 The apparently antagonistic ‘naturalism’ and ‘normalism’ of the great sophist's ethical views as reported in the two Platonic dialogues Protagoras and Theœtetus respectively. 1891 F. W. Bain Antichrist ii. 113 The planing away of all gnarled and knotty characteristics, the reducing each individual to precisely the same external appearance. That is the essence and the consequence of the impulse to normalism. 1951 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 12 223 In an interesting paper, Rhys Davids maintained that besides animism, another fundamental belief should be distinguished in primitive thought—he suggested the name ‘normalism’. 1988 N. Fountain Underground (BNC) 50 If you realize there had been twenty years of Cold War normalism this was a very exuberant reaction. 1999 M. Frayn Headlong (2000) 253 Normalism, at last. It seems a little excessively normalistic, though, to walk straight down the drive. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1884 |
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