normative

prescriptif, normatif

Qui indique comment agir ou comment les choses devraient être, plutôt que de décrire la réalité.

En anglais simple : Saying how people should act or how things should be, rather than describing what happens.

• This is a normative claim about fairness.
• Normative grammar tells people how they should use language.
• Her argument is normative: it explains what governments ought to do.

Synonymes : prescriptive

Contraires : descriptive

Expressions courantes : normative grammar, normative claim, normative judgment

normatif

Qui concerne les règles ou les critères servant à évaluer quelque chose.

En anglais simple : Connected with the rules or standards used to judge things.

• The study examines the law’s normative basis.
• These normative criteria help us judge the policy.
• The debate concerns the normative framework of medical ethics.

Expressions courantes : normative framework, normative criteria, normative standards

conforme à la norme

Qui correspond aux comportements ou aux critères qu’un groupe juge normaux ou acceptables.

En anglais simple : Matching the behavior or standards that a group considers normal or acceptable.

• Such behavior is normative within this community.
• The survey describes normative family practices in the region.
• What seems normative in one culture may seem unusual in another.

Synonymes : conforming, conventional

Contraires : nonconforming

Expressions courantes : normative behavior, normative practice

règle, norme

Règle imposée pour maintenir une norme reconnue.

En anglais simple : A rule imposed to maintain an accepted standard.

• The authority introduced a new normative.
• These normatives preserve established professional standards.
• The institution enforces each normative through regular inspections.

Synonymes : regulation, rule

Expressions courantes : a legal normative, an institutional normative