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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: relating to or dealing with norms; "normative discipline"; "normative samples"
2: pertaining to giving directives or rules; "prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage" [syn: prescriptive, normative] [ant: descriptive]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: French normatif, from norme norm, from Latin norma Date: 1878 1. of, relating to, or determining norms or standards <normative tests> 2. conforming to or based on norms <normative behavior> <normative judgments> 3. prescribing norms <normative rules of ethics> <normative grammar> • normatively adverb • normativeness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. of or establishing a norm. Derivatives: normatively adv. normativeness n. Etymology: F normatif -ive f. L norma (see NORM)

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Normative means creating or stating particular rules of behaviour. (FORMAL) Normative sexual behaviour in our society remains heterosexual. ...a normative model of teaching. ADJ: usu ADJ n

Moby Thesaurus

according to Hoyle, accustomed, appropriate, average, common, commonplace, condign, conventional, correct, current, customary, decent, decorous, due, everyday, familiar, fit, fitting, good, habitual, household, kosher, nice, normal, ordinary, popular, predominating, prescriptive, prevailing, proper, regular, regulation, right, right and proper, righteous, rightful, seemly, standard, stock, suitable, universal, usual, vernacular, wonted