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normativism

normativism noun: the advocacy of the primacy or desirability of social norms.

Noun

normativism (uncountable)

  1. The advocacy of the primacy or desirability of social norms

Origin of normativism

From normative + -ism.

Questions about normativism

What does normativism mean?
Normativism means the advocacy of the primacy or desirability of social norms.
What part of speech is normativism?
Normativism is a noun.

Words near normativism in the dictionary

  1. normatively
  2. normativeness
  3. normatives
  4. normativisation
  5. normativisations
  6. normativism
  7. normativist
  8. normativists
  9. normativities
  10. normativity
  11. normativization

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