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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

规范性

Pronunciation / Transliteration: guī fàn xìng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Normative/ˈnɔːr.mə.tɪv/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这是一个规范性的标准。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Establishing, relating to, or deriving from a standard or norm, especially of behavior.

    "The study explores the normative frameworks that govern corporate ethical standards."
  2. 2

    Expressing value judgments or prescribing what ought to be rather than describing what is.

    "Philosophers often make normative claims about justice and fairness in society."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Medieval Latin 'normativus', stemming from the Latin 'norma' (rule or carpenter's square), which entered English in the mid-19th century. Initially used in grammatical contexts, it evolved through philosophy and social sciences to describe rules, standards, and prescriptions for behavior.

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