Hypertext Webster Gateway: "normative"
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
normative
adj 1: relating to or dealing with norms; "normative discipline";
"normative samples"
2: (grammar) giving directives or rules; "prescriptive grammar
is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage"
[syn: {prescriptive}] [ant: {descriptive}]
3: based on or prescribing a norm or standard; "normative
grammar" [syn: {prescriptive}]
4: dealing with or based on norms; "a normative judgment"
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