NORMATIVE

prescriptive, normative

(adjective) pertaining to giving directives or rules; ā€œprescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usageā€

normative

(adjective) relating to or dealing with norms; ā€œnormative disciplineā€; ā€œnormative samplesā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

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.

Hyponyms

• prescriptive

• proscriptive

Anagrams

• avotermin

Source: Wiktionary



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