| 单词 | normative |
| 释义 | normative (once / 62537 pages) adj Something pertaining to norms — something normal or typical — can be described as normative. Temper tantrums, whining, and even hitting are all normative behaviors — if you're three. If you're thirty, you might have a problem. The adjective normative can also mean prescribing rules or standards. The U.S. government's normative rules for living in American society mean that you have freedom of speech, for example, but you don't have the right to slander or libel someone. The words "norm" and "normal" are related to normative, which comes from the French normatif, which itself is from the Latin word norma, "a carpenter's square." WORD FAMILYnormative: nonnormative USAGE EXAMPLESThey were, generally, in favor of order and had a propensity toward the broadly normative, a certain squareness. The New Yorker(Jul 04, 2016) “It’s a different way of keeping track of a normative set of information,” he says. The Guardian(Oct 17, 2016) But the proposed legislation is fundamentally flawed and out of touch with normative ethical medical and public-policy decisions. Washington Post(Oct 04, 2016) 1adj relating to or dealing with norms normative discipline normative samples 2adj pertaining to giving directives or rules Syn|Ant prescriptive descriptive describing the structure of a language |
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