normativity

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider.

Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō

Ancient Greek γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ

Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn)

Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn)bor.

Etruscanbor.?

Latin norma

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātuslbor.

English -ate

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

Old French -ifbor.

Middle English -yf

English -ive

English -ative

English normative

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂tsder.

Latin -itās

Old French -itebor.

Middle English -ite

English -ity

English normativity

From normative + -ity.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌnɔː.məˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌnɔːɹ.məˈtɪv.ə.ti/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪvɪti

Noun

normativity (usually uncountable, plural normativities)

1. The state of being normative.
2. The state of being a norm.
3. That which is normative.

Synonyms

• normativeness (less common)

Derived terms

• ablenormativity
• aetonormativity
• allonormativity
• amatonormativity
• antinormativity
• Ashkenormativity
• chrononormativity
• cisnormativity
• heteronormativity
• metronormativity
• mononormativity
• pornonormativity
• queernormativity
• repronormativity
• transnormativity

Translations

state of being normative

• Catalan: normativitat f
• Dutch: normativiteit (nl)
• Finnish: normatiivisuus (fi)
• French: normativité (fr) f
• Galician: normatividade f
• German: Normativität (de) f
• Italian: normatività (it) f
• Polish: normatywność (pl) f
• Portuguese: normatividade (pt) f
• Romanian: normativitate f
• Spanish: normatividad (es) f

See also

• descriptivity
• prescriptivity