different between normative vs enormity

English

Etymology

From French normatif.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n??m?t?v/

Adjective

normative (comparative more normative, superlative most normative)

1. Of or pertaining to a norm or standard.
2. Conforming to a norm or norms.

   normative behaviour

3. Attempting to establish or prescribe a norm.

   normative grammar

Hyponyms

• prescriptive
• proscriptive

Derived terms

Related terms

• norm
• normal

Translations

Noun

normative (plural normatives)

1. A regulation imposed to preserve a norm.
   • 1990, Czechoslovak Economic Papers (issue 28, page 42)

     Most important are the so-called economic normatives. They either specify the minimal efficiency of productive resources utilization or regulate the distribution of the enterprises revenue.

Anagrams

• avotermin

French

Adjective

normative

1. feminine singular of normatif

Italian

Noun

normative f

1. plural of normativa

Adjective

normative

1. feminine plural of normativo

Anagrams

• motivarne
• terminavo

English

Etymology

From Late Middle English ?norme (“monstrous or unnatural act; enormity”), from Old French énormité (“enormity”), from Latin ?normit?s (“irregularity; enormity”), from ?n?rmis (“irregular, unusual; enormous, immense”) + -it?s (suffix forming nouns indicating states of being). ?n?rmis is derived from e- (a variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘out; away’) + n?rma (“norm, standard”) + -is (Latin suffix forming adjectives from nouns).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??n??m?ti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??n??m?ti/, /-?i/
• Hyphenation: enorm?i?ty

Noun

enormity (countable and uncountable, plural enormities)

1. (obsolete) Deviation from what is normal or standard; irregularity, abnormality.
2. (uncountable) Deviation from moral normality; extreme wickedness, nefariousness, or cruelty. [from 15th c.]
3. (countable) A breach of law or morality; a transgression, an act of evil or wickedness. [from 15th c.]
4. (uncountable) Great size; enormousness, hugeness, immenseness. [from 18th c.]

Usage notes

Enormity as a synonym for enormousness is sometimes considered an error, though other usage guides hold that there is little basis for the distinction. Both words ultimately go back to the same Latin source word ?n?rmis meaning “deviating from the norm, abnormal”.

Synonyms

• (deviation from what is normal or standard): anomalousness, oddness, weirdness; see also Thesaurus:strangeness
• (deviation from moral normality): atrociousness, depravity, immorality; see also Thesaurus:villainy
• (a breach of law or morality): desecration, violation
• (great size): immensity, prodigiousness

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