Mammoth Memory

Normative – Relating to a norm, as the standard of correct behaviour

(Pronounced nawr-mah-tiv)

He's watched the other dragons gnaw and munch their captives (normative), so the younger dragon considered it to be the standard of correct behaviour. 

He's watched the other dragons gnaw and munch their captives (normative), so the younger dragon considered it to be the standard of correct behaviour

 

Examples of normative in a sentence

It was hard to parent in a normative way because she lived in a van and travelled a lot.

He only recently realised that washing his dishes in the bath was not normative.

I don't like doing things in a normative fashion, I'm very unconventional.

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