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normative

[nawr-muh-tiv] / ˈnɔr mə tɪv /
ADJECTIVE
normalizing
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It’s advocating for things that are normative in the scientific community,” said Jules Barbati-Dajches, an analyst at the Union of Concerned Scientists, a nonprofit advocacy group.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

“A win for JoySauce is a win for anybody who feels underrepresented, who doesn’t feel like they’re considered the normative mainstream,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

“What we once called the normative West no longer exists,” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, the leader of Europe’s most populous democracy, recently said at a gathering of business leaders in Berlin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

That is a normative statement of the facts as Kavanaugh understood them.

From Slate • Oct. 1, 2025

Understanding that nature is not normative does not mean that anything goes.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann



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