Meanings
comparative more normative · superlative most normative
- Conforming to a norm or norms.
normative behaviour
- Attempting to establish or prescribe a norm.
normative grammar
plural normatives
- A regulation imposed to preserve a norm.
Most important are the so-called economic normatives. They either specify the minimal efficiency of productive resources utilization or regulate the distribution of the enterprises revenue.
1990, Czechoslovak Economic Papers, number 28, page 42
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivepertaining to giving directives or rules
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥h₃sḱéti
- Proto-Hellenic*gignṓskō
- Ancient Greekγιγνώσκω (gignṓskō)
- Ancient Greekγνώμων (gnṓmōn)
- Latinnorma
- Englishnormative
From Latin norma + -ative. Compare French normatif.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian нормативен
- нормативен (normativen)of, pertaining to, or using a norm or standard
Catalan normatiu
- normatiuof, pertaining to, or using a norm or standard
Chinese Mandarin 规范的
- 规范的 (guīfànde)of, pertaining to, or using a norm or standard
Czech normativní, normativní
- normativníof, pertaining to, or using a norm or standard
- normativníattempting to establish or prescribe a norm
- normotvornýattempting to establish or prescribe a norm
Dutch normatief
- normatiefattempting to establish or prescribe a norm
Finnish normatiivinen
- normatiivinenof, pertaining to, or using a norm or standard
French normatif
- normatifof, pertaining to, or using a norm or standard
German normativ
- normativof, pertaining to, or using a norm or standard
Hungarian normatív
- normatívof, pertaining to, or using a norm or standard
Irish normatach
- normatachof, pertaining to, or using a norm or standard
Italian normativo
- normativoof, pertaining to, or using a norm or standard
Polish normatywny, normatywny
- normatywnyof, pertaining to, or using a norm or standard
- normatywnyattempting to establish or prescribe a norm
- normotwórczyattempting to establish or prescribe a norm
- dyrektywalnyattempting to establish or prescribe a norm
Portuguese normativo
- normativoof, pertaining to, or using a norm or standard
Romanian normativ
- normativof, pertaining to, or using a norm or standard
Russian нормати́вный, нормативный
- нормати́вный (normatívnyj)of, pertaining to, or using a norm or standard
- нормативный (normativnyj)attempting to establish or prescribe a norm
Spanish normativo
- normativoof, pertaining to, or using a norm or standard
Ukrainian нормати́вний, нормати́вний
- нормати́вний (normatývnyj)of, pertaining to, or using a norm or standard
- нормати́вний (normatývnyj)attempting to establish or prescribe a norm
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
normative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/normative
“normative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/normative. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “normative,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/normative.
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