NORMALISATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The imposition of standards or regulations

Example:

a committee was appointed to recommend terminological standardization

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Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("normalisation" is a kind of...):

social control (control exerted (actively or passively) by group action)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "normalisation"):

stabilisation; stabilization (the act of stabilizing something or making it more stable)

stylisation; stylization (the act of stylizing; causing to conform to a particular style)

Derivation:

normalise (make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard)