Definition of "normative" []

• Of, relating to, or prescribing a norm or standard: normative grammar. (adjective)

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• "Epistemic standards have a strong normative dimension -- we use our standards of rationality and reasonableness to guide, evaluate, and criticize reasoning, both our own and that of others -- so here the label ˜normative™ applies in a very full-blooded sense."
• "Since the discussion in Parts II and III encompasses both moral and social values, the term normative values is used."
• "Is the term normative beauty meant to refer to Western-style patriarchal hetero-normative standards of gender theatre?"