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normatively

normatively

7.4
According to what is normal or usual
  • adverb
  • /ˈnɔːrmətɪvli/
translation icon : normalmente
  • In many cultures, marriage is normatively expected to occur before starting a family.
  • normatively high ability levels

Examples

  • The life course is normatively patterned such that there is a widely shared timing and sequential order for important life events such as marriage and becoming a parent, and a set of formal and informal supports for these events.

    Academic text (2005)
  • The adolescent transition normatively results in greater emotional and behavioral autonomy (Baumrind, 1991), independent of family-type differences.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Normatively, this is not under the control or supervision of Native peoples.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Eligible students presumably possess normatively high ability levels, which enable them to acquire new information quickly.

    Academic text (1997)
  • These three restrictions define a normatively plausible concept.

    Academic text (2005)
  • This article undertakes that comprehensive study by assessing the jurisdiction canon both normatively and descriptively.

    Academic text (2017)
  • School and district leaders could use such data sets to develop goals for teachers with either consistently low student achievement or those that are normatively discrepant from their peers in terms of effective teaching practices.

    Academic text (2013)
  • These institutions work with students who are normatively constructed as 'other': the cohort referred to as 'widening participation' or 'non-traditional'.

    Academic text (2014)
  • These challenges include learning the host culture's language, rules, values, and traditions during a period of their lives that is considered to be normatively challenging (Steinberg, in press).

    Academic text (2008)
  • At its core, the risk and resilience framework for ameliorating youth problems considers the presence or absence of risk factors and then identifies protective and resilient traits that help children and youths overcome adverse conditions and function normatively in the face of risk (Fraser, 2004; Jenson & Fraser, 2006).

    Academic text (2009)

Synonyms

traditionally
vsnormatively
207 2.9

In the way people have done for many years

relates to what is considered normal or typical rather than only long history
conventionally
vsnormatively
14 3.9

In the usual way most people do things

is based on what is judged normal or typical rather than only tradition
customarily
vsnormatively
7 3.9

In the usual way people do because of tradition

is based on what is thought normal or typical rather than only custom
standardly
vsnormatively
1 4.1

In the usual or accepted way

matches the idea of being based on normal or typical standards

Antonyms

17 4.6

In a way that is not normal or usual

How Typical

typically
426 2.2
normatively
7.4
abnormally
17 4.6
atypically
1 6.1

Surface Forms

normatively positive

Morphology

normatively = normative (transparent) = norm + ative + ly

The adverb is formed from the adjective 'normative' with the regular adverbial suffix '-ly', preserving the sense 'in a manner relating to norms or what is standard'.

Etymology

Normatively comes from norm, which means 'standard' or 'rule', and is the same root as normal. So in this sense, normatively means 'in a way that follows what is usual or expected'.