different between normative vs rockism

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 rock +? -ism. See rock music.

Noun

rockism (uncountable)

1. (derogatory) A kind of music snobbery that views rock music as superior or normative and values music with "authentic" production values over modern "manufactured" and electronic forms.

   Antonyms: popism, poptimism

   • 2005, J. T. LeRoy, Paul Bresnick, Da Capo best music writing 2005 (page 133)

     You literally can't fight rockism, because the language of righteous struggle is the language of rockism itself.

   • 2008, Philip Auslander, Liveness: performance in a mediatized culture (page 126)

     Broadly speaking, rockism is the belief that rock is the most important form of popular music […]

Derived terms

• rockist