adjective
normative
NOR-muh-tiv/ˈnɔːrmətɪv/
Concerned with standards for how things should be.
The model joint provides a normative standard for evaluating the workshop's work.
Etymology
The underlying rule is a standard that ought to be followed: normative concerns how things should be, rather than merely what is usual. The formation may come from French.
In context
the normative is basically is sort of saying that this is essentially an ethical question it's um we are now in a position to make choices that will affect
More examples
- A normative theory of justice explains how society should treat people.
- Unlike a factual statement, a normative statement says what ought to happen.
- Their debate is normative: they disagree about what counts as fair pay.
Forms
normative
normatively adverb — With reference to how things should be.
Similar words
- prescriptive
- Specifies what people should do, often through explicit rules.
- evaluative
- Judges value or quality rather than stating what should be.