normnoun [ C usually plural ]
uk/nɔːm/us/nɔːrm/C1 an accepted standard or a way of behaving or doing things that most people agree with:
Europe's varied cultural, political and ethical norms
accepted social norms
the norm
C1 a situation or type of behaviour that is expected and considered to be typical:
One child per family is fast becoming the norm in some countries.
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Morality and rules of behaviour
- antisocial
- bioethics
- book
- claim
- conscience
- decency
- double standard
- morality
- moralize
- morally
- object lesson
- precept
- social contract
- spirit
- the rights and wrongs idiom
- the ways of the world idiom
- two wrongs don't make a right idiom
- value
- voice
- wrong
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Custom, tradition & conformity