Definition of "normalization" []

• Any process that makes something more normal or regular, which typically means conforming to some regularity or rule, or returning from some state of abnormality. (noun)
• Standardization, act of imposing standards or norms or rules or regulations. (noun)
• In relational database design, a process that breaks down data into record groups for efficient processing, by eliminating redundancy. (noun)
• Process of establishing normal diplomatic relations between two countries (noun)
• Globalization, the process of making a worldwide normal and dominant model of production and consumption (noun)

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• "That's the question at the centre of a hotly disputed election Saturday that will either give Mr. Ma and his Nationalist Kuomintang Party another term to pursue what he calls "normalization" with the mainland - or see Taiwan's 23 million people take a long step away from the People's Republic, and perhaps back toward the old showdown with Beijing."
• "Of course I would prefer to see Israel agree to such a plan, which would result in normalization of relations between Israel and the Arab/Muslim world including Iran."
• "Yet unless this plan is conducted under the framework of the Arab Peace Initiative, with the backing of leading Arab states such as Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan and Syria, it will not bolster long-term normalization and peace in the region."