normative

[US]/'nɔːmətɪv/
[UK]/'nɔrmətɪv/
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Translation

adj. standard, conforming to established norms
adv. in a standard or normative manner
n. a standard or norm

Phrases & Collocations

normative behavior

normative standards

normative analysis

normative document

normative economics

normative mineral

Example Sentences

negative sanctions to enforce normative behaviour.

Its features are normative, qualificative, operable, inheritable and changeable.

Decision analytical frameworks can be divided into several types: normative DAFs, such as decision analysis and cost-benefit analysis, that deal more directly with valuation and commensuration;

And "normative ethics" is characterized by its peremptoriness, that is, rules are laid down through legislation to set one's goal and norms of behavior.

In the United States and the rest of the Anglophone world, “philosophy of law” is a subdiscipline of philosophy, a special branch of what is nowadays frequently called “normative theory.

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