Reabnormalize
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To make abnormal again. transitive
"[California G]overnor [Gavin Newsom], says Dr. [Steven] Fish[, political science professor at the University of California at Berkeley], is changing how people view [U.S.] president [Donald Trump]’s style, which at first seemed “absurd … but then people got used to it. What Newsom is doing is re-abnormalizing those things.”"
Example
More examples"[California G]overnor [Gavin Newsom], says Dr. [Steven] Fish[, political science professor at the University of California at Berkeley], is changing how people view [U.S.] president [Donald Trump]’s style, which at first seemed “absurd … but then people got used to it. What Newsom is doing is re-abnormalizing those things.”"
Etymology
From re- + abnormalize.
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