normatively
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7.6
- adverb
- /ˈnɔːrmətɪvli/
- Formal
:
normativamente
- Doing so will affect our understanding of contract law both descriptively and normatively, sometimes in surprising ways.
- normatively attractive
- normatively neutral
Examples
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Moreover, a practice need not be morally spotless to be normatively legitimate.
Academic text (2016) -
In conflicts between individuals, recourse to violence is not a normatively sanctioned behavior.
Academic text (1992) -
Is the book normatively neutral, then?
Academic text (2013) -
So exclusion is both practically possible and normatively effective.
Academic text (1990) -
The interventionist account therefore gives normatively correct answers to many issues about explanations.
Academic text (2013) -
But does this mean that the spectator's standpoint is normatively prior, that the spectator is always right?
Academic text (2001) -
Expectations are further buttressed normatively by the legal and moral obligation entailed in the alliance contract.
Academic text (1990) -
The latter category reflects the normatively appreciated role of interpretation, while dissemination reflects the first category.
Academic text (2016) -
Such trade adjustment assistance (TAA) is considered a pragmatic and normatively appealing way to offset political resistance to trade liberalization.
Academic text (1998) -
In a democratic society, laws are normatively expected to reflect the values of the people.
Synonyms
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3.5
In a way that follows rules about right and wrong
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4.4
In a way that follows ideas about what is right and fair
In a way that agrees with rules or standards
How Prescriptive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Normatively comes from norm, a word that means 'rule' or 'standard', the same root we see in normal. So to do something normatively is to do it according to rules or what people say should be done.