What does normative mean?
Definitions for normative
ˈnɔr mə tɪvnor·ma·tive
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Princeton's WordNet
normativeadjective
relating to or dealing with norms
"normative discipline"; "normative samples"
prescriptive, normativeadjective
pertaining to giving directives or rules
"prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage"
Wiktionary
normativeadjective
Of, pertaining to, or using a norm or standard.
Etymology: From normatif
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normative
Normative refers to establishing, relating to, or deriving from a standard or norm, particularly of behavior. It implies something that is prescribed or expected by social or cultural norms, typical in a standard setting and implies a degree of evaluation, setting the 'norm' by which certain actions or behaviors are judged or measured. It is often used in philosophy, psychology, sociology and other social sciences.
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Normative
Normative has specialized contextual meanings in several academic disciplines. Generically, it means relating to an ideal standard or model. In practice, it has strong connotations of relating to a typical standard or model.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of normative in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of normative in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of normative in a Sentence
It is likely that the experience of … shyness in response to a speech task is a relatively common, normative experience for children at this age, for a smaller group of temperamentally shy children, however, being the center of attention may be stressful across time and various contexts.
If this trend continues until Labor Day, Chicago might be on its way to a year with 500 or fewer homicides, which is closer to the normative number of murders in recent history, beginning in 2004 and factoring out 2016 and 2017 as aberrations.
Advertising is thought to make product use seem more normative and acceptable, and to convey the impression that positive outcomes like having fun or feeling attractive will result from use, it’s possible, then, that exposure to e-cigarette ads promote thoughts that use is more prevalent and that using the product will result in positive outcomes.
Part of why I feel so passionately about this is because I want this to become normative.
In many cases, these parental worries are indeed part of a normative developmental stage( such as, for example, their child waking up a few times during the night, or having problems falling asleep) but still it would be beneficial to know that, and parents could feel more relaxed ; but in other cases, these are indeed part of a developmental problem.
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