Normative is an English word with synonyms like standard or criterion. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Normative meaning
- Of or pertaining to a norm or standard.
- Conforming to a norm or norms.
- Attempting to establish or prescribe a norm.
Synonyms of Normative
Using Normative
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or pertaining to a norm or standard. | Conforming to a norm or norms. | Attempting to establish or prescribe a norm.
- Useful related words include: standard, criterion, measure, touchstone.
- In the example corpus, normative often appears in combinations such as: the normative, and normative, normative or.
Context around Normative
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Normative
- In this selection, "normative" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, non, once, concepts, social, relativism and jewish stand out and add context to how "normative" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include in non normative social facts and that a normative social phenomenon. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "normative" sits close to words such as bawumia, briefs and brigham, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with normative
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This group may also maintain normative beliefs about U.S. duties to defend democracies in peril. (16 words)
Normative jurisprudence In addition to analytic jurisprudence, legal philosophy is also concerned with normative theories of law. (17 words)
One may even ask why are nationalist and socialist ideals not included in this normative a vision for the university. (20 words)
The two celebrations of this “normative” Mass, as it was called, took place behind closed doors in the presence of members, who were then able to share their impressions in one of the Institute’s meeting rooms. (37 words)
I say almost because there’s an unmistakable gap between the message of the musical about forbidden love and the normative — or should I say, once normative — Jewish preference for Jews marrying other Jews. (34 words)
Normative relativism (say, in regard to normative ethical relativism) therefore implies that things (say, ethical claims) are not simply true in themselves, but only have truth values relative to broader frameworks (say, moral codes). (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
I say almost because there’s an unmistakable gap between the message of the musical about forbidden love and the normative — or should I say, once normative — Jewish preference for Jews marrying other Jews.
Hart rejected Kelsen's views that sanctions were essential to law and that a normative social phenomenon, like law, can not be grounded in non-normative social facts.
Hart rejected Kelsen's views that sanctions were essential to law and that a normative social phenomenon, like law, cannot be grounded in non-normative social facts.
In general, anthropologists engage in descriptive relativism, whereas philosophers engage in normative relativism, although there is some overlap (for example, descriptive relativism can pertain to concepts, normative relativism to truth).
Normative jurisprudence In addition to analytic jurisprudence, legal philosophy is also concerned with normative theories of law.
Normative relativism (say, in regard to normative ethical relativism) therefore implies that things (say, ethical claims) are not simply true in themselves, but only have truth values relative to broader frameworks (say, moral codes).
For that, we have to move away from prescriptive and normative ideas of grieving that promote discourses of “saying goodbye,” “ending relationships” and “moving on”.
Instead, the series finds its very unique characters and situations diverge from normative conditions while upholding cultural specificity through effortless sincerity.
One may even ask why are nationalist and socialist ideals not included in this normative a vision for the university.
The two celebrations of this “normative” Mass, as it was called, took place behind closed doors in the presence of members, who were then able to share their impressions in one of the Institute’s meeting rooms.
To do so, however, requires accepting that the normative foundations, and therefore the political and constitutional structure, of Indian democracy are distinct.
Women and men who are seemingly normative, who assert themselves as liberals, come to Bnei Brak to demonstrate for women’s rights, while trampling other rights along the way.
At the margins, there is always room to quibble about whether a provision is normative or required to measure income correctly, or actually designed to affect taxpayer behavior.
Firstly, to really give some normative value to parents out there who are worried about their kids, who are questioning what is appropriate for their own children,” she said.
The Biden administration has also seized on the concept of “friend-shoring,” which represents a kind of regional self-reliance based on national-security and normative arguments.
This confrontation reinforced the perception that the Code of Conduct is an exercise in futility or a demonstration of Asean’s normative powerlessness.
This group may also maintain normative beliefs about U.S. duties to defend democracies in peril.
And I think that's what we've really seen very, very disturbingly, is the way in which that normative fabric has frayed.
From a normative perspective, the media have traditionally been expected to perform the following functions: watchdog role, Interpretative role and change agent or interventionistic role.
I think first and foremost, (and this is me being prescriptive for a moment) it takes a large scale reckoning with this country’s history of colonization, enslavement, white supremacy, and cis-normative violence.
Common combinations with normative
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the normative 18×
- and normative 8×
- normative or 7×
- is normative 7×
- normative and 7×
- as normative 7×
- normative ethics 7×
- normative jewish 5×
- that normative 5×
- to normative 5×