to normalize
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4.1
- verb
- /ˈnɔrməˌlaɪz/
- US
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normalizar
- The crux of crisis intervention is to try to normalize some of what victims experience.
- normalize relations
- normalize the data
- normalize values
It seems to normalize hate, like you say.
- It seems to normalize hate, like you say.
- So don't start to normalize their dramatic behavior.
- And so he's talking in a way that has been normalized in modern culture.
- It can be very frustrating and also normalizes toxic and unhealthy patterns.
- That's a dangerous thing when it becomes like normalized, as you know.
- And as we say now, it has become normalised and, and to excess.
- And our brain just normalizes that as the way it is.
- And they are normalizing A murderous dictator.
- So I am on a mission to normalize health.
- And their society had normalized moral standards that we think are terrible.
- Anyways, as I was saying, people have normalized chasing pleasure over purpose in their life.
- And I have to normalize it, yes.
Examples
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And now, with one-click purchasing, same-day delivery, and a society that has normalized credit card debt, we've dug ourselves into a hole.
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Diplomatic ties were established and relations normalized between China and the United States.
Academic text (1999) -
So should we normalize access to feel your best?
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"Even if it's difficult, "you must try to normalize your life as much as you can.
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No, I'm trying to normalize the experience because where I'm from.
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And in return, the Saudis normalize their relations with Israel.
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There were genuine efforts to normalize relations with the socialist countries, in particular, the U.S.S.R.
Academic text (2013) -
When we get all of the things that we want, we tend to be wrong in the predictions that we made about how happy we would be, because the brain normalizes those things.
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In the intervening months, Beijing has normalized its relations with the government in Seoul.
Academic text (1992) -
Therapists often encourage clients to normalize their feelings during difficult times.
Synonyms
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4.2
To make things the same by using one set of rules
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4.4
To make things the same in amount, status or value
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6.4
To make something follow rules or standards
To make different things the same in form or rules
Antonyms
How Normal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Normalize comes from the root norm meaning 'rule' or 'pattern' and the ending -ize meaning 'to make'. Think of a carpenter's square that makes things straight, so to normalize something is to make it follow the rule or become standard.