normative

About 7.43 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of or pertaining to a norm or standard.
2. adjective Conforming to a norm or norms.

   normative behaviour

3. adjective Attempting to establish or prescribe a norm.

   normative grammar

4. noun A regulation imposed to preserve a norm.

Similar words

prescriptive standard received norm normal standards standardize standardization standardized regulate

Often followed by

and data theory or order for standards system expectations

Word family

normatively normativeness normativenesses normativities normativity