Normalism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Normalism is a noun meaning A system of beliefs concerning how one determines what is considered normal.
Meaning
A system of beliefs concerning how one determines what is considered normal.
More Meanings
- A tendency to consider most deviations as within the bounds of "normal".
- A bias against the abnormal.
- (obsolete) Normality; A state in which most things are normal.
Example Sentences
The 1968 movement pressed against the boundaries of any normalism.
Although a program of reason and moderation, normalism is not a program of compromise or opportunism.
There is very little normalism in the English language, and the attempt to reduce it to stricter rules is necessarily a failure.
The fact that the borders of normality (as opposed to normative norms) are on a statistical continuum, and always moveable, accounts for the historical dynamic of normalism.
Word Forms
- normalisms
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include normalhood, normalcy, normality, normalness, normal, normativity.
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