normativelyadv.
/ˈnɔːmətᵻvli/, U.S. /ˈnɔrmədᵻvli/ In a normative manner; as regards norms.
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1874 J. J. van Oosterzee Christian Dogmatics I. ii. 28 Conscience works here less normatively than prohibitively.
1905 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 2 522 It deals with life normatively rather than psychologically.
1943 Yale Law Jrnl. 52 269 In some jurisdictions it appears that a seat of authority promotes the flow of normatively ambiguous discourse.
1998 Church Times 28 Aug. 9/1 One does not have to be a ‘fundamentalist’ to judge that the Bible speaks consistently and normatively in confining sex to marriage.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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