normative
normative
Definition
norma·tive (nôr′mə tiv)
adjective
- of or establishing a norm, or standard
- having to do with usage norms normative grammar
normative
Synonyms
normative
Usage Examples
Modifying Another Word
- not: The first thing to say is: narrative is not normative.
- only: The English version of this specification is the only normative version.
- essentially: There can be recourse, that is, to logical or conceptual relations of an essentially normative kind.
- very: Recent debates about intellectual property rights have been marked by a spurt of critiques aimed at the very normative basis of intellectual property.
- also: These models correspond in some part to actual societies, past or present, but are also normative in character.
- intrinsically: However, the fact that I have promised to do something is intrinsically normative.
Adjective modifier
- a.1: A References A.1 Normative References IETF RFC 2119 RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels.
Modifies a noun
- masculinity: Indeed, normative masculinity depended upon outsiders to define itself.
- reputation: The communication of normative reputation helped the giver focus its generosity on those most likely to be reciprocal in the future.
- ethic: One might defend Keown by saying that he is engaged in normative ethics.
- notion: On standard utilitarian accounts, the notion of the good is taken to be the single basic normative notion.
- economics: Normative economics means to include value judgments in our reasoning.
- theory: What, then, finally, is normative theory?
Used with adjective complement
- become: However, questions arise when it becomes normative for the life and ministry of the church in general.
- consider: Also, you say that the use of various gifts shouldn't be considered normative to evangelism.
- make: Man's separation from God and his present condition are basically traced to God Himself and not to man, and are made normative.
Preposition: in
- way: It's not even from ADL itself, so it is not normative in any way.
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