normative

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Etymology

From Latin norma + -ative.[1] Compare French normatif.

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Adjective

normative (comparative more normative, superlative most normative)

  1. Of or pertaining to a norm or standard.
  2. Conforming to a norm or norms.
    normative behaviour
  3. Attempting to establish or prescribe a norm.
    normative grammar

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Noun

normative (plural normatives)

  1. A regulation imposed to preserve a norm.
    • 1990, Czechoslovak Economic Papers, number 28, page 42:
      Most important are the so-called economic normatives. They either specify the minimal efficiency of productive resources utilization or regulate the distribution of the enterprises revenue.

References

  1. normative, adj. and n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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