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Normalism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Normality; A state in which most things are normal. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "There is very little normalism in the English language, and the attempt to reduce it to stricter rules is necessarily a failure."

  2. 2
    A system of beliefs concerning how one determines what is considered normal. countable, uncountable

    "The 1968 movement pressed against the boundaries of any normalism."

  3. 3
    A tendency to consider most deviations as within the bounds of "normal". countable, uncountable

    "Although a program of reason and moderation, normalism is not a program of compromise or opportunism."

  4. 4
    A bias against the abnormal. countable, uncountable

    "The information books are coming through, though they are sadly lacking in any political dimension, and there are a few poetic books, but they don't combat normalism - the central concept of our society - that anyone who is not normal is inferior."

Etymology

From normal + -ism.

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