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normalization

normalization

7 5.2
Restoring official relations between countries after conflict
  • noun
  • /ˌnɔːrməlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
  • Literature
translation icon : normalización
  • Nevertheless, U.S. normalization with mainland China did not entail the abandonment of Taiwan.
  • normalization of relations
  • diplomatic normalization
  • normalization process

Examples

  • The treaty provided for the normalization of relations between Egypt and Israel.

    Academic text (1991)
  • The highly publicized timetable for normalization, released in early April 1991, does not deviate from previous American policy.

    Academic text (1992)
  • And I hope that we see further normalization of relations with Israel as the Kingdom will go first, I think.

  • Even without a major political breakthrough, specific practical measures may be introduced to promote normalization of relations.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Vietnam has proved willing to meet the United States in some of its conditions for normalization.

    Academic text (1992)
  • In fact, one of Obama's supposed foreign policy achievements is the beginning of normalization of relations with Cuba.

  • Elections must instead be part of a comprehensive process of normalization; they can be neither a deal breaker nor a nonissue.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Meaningful improvements in Indo-Iranian ties happened around the same time as normalization and consolidation of Indo-Israeli relations.

    Academic text (2013)
  • So does Clinton's diplomatic normalization with Vietnam, despite Hanoi's less than satisfactory resolution of the POW/MIA issue.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The normalization of relations between the two countries has created a more stable political environment.

How Normal

normalization
  • Literature
7 5.2
rapprochement
  • Formal
7 9.9
detente
3 8.6
tension
509 3.2

Surface Forms

normalization singular
normalisation singular

Morphology

normalization = normalize (transparent) = normal + ize + ation

The political/diplomatic sense is a standard nominalization of the verb 'normalize' (normal + -ize), so the formation is morphologically regular.

Etymology

Normalization comes from normal, from the Latin norma meaning 'a rule' or 'standard'. So in politics normalization is the process of returning relations to a regular, agreed state after a period of trouble.