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Definition of: normative
(nôr′mə·tiv) adjective
Pertaining to, based upon, or establishing a norm, especially a norm assumed to have the prescriptive value of a standard or rule of usage: normative grammar. Distinguished from empirical. [<NORM + -ATIVE]
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