prescriptive, normative
(adjective) pertaining to giving directives or rules; “prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage”
normative
(adjective) relating to or dealing with norms; “normative discipline”; “normative samples”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
normative (comparative more normative, superlative most normative)
Of or pertaining to a norm or standard.
Conforming to a norm or norms.
Attempting to establish or prescribe a norm.
• prescriptive
• proscriptive
• avotermin
Source: Wiktionary
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
