<b><font size="4">"normative"</font></b><br/><b>adjective</b> <ol> <li>relating to or dealing with norms; "normative discipline"; "normative samples" </li> <li>giving directives or rules; "prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage" [syn: <a href="../prescriptive.html">prescriptive</a>] [ant: <a href="../descriptive.html">descriptive</a>] </li> <li>based on or prescribing a norm or standard; "normative grammar" [syn: <a href="../prescriptive.html">prescriptive</a>] </li> <li>dealing with or based on norms; "a normative judgment"</li> </ol> Source: <a href="../normative.html">http://www.word.sc/normative</a>

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