normalization

noun

nor·​mal·​i·​za·​tion ˌnȯr-mə-lə-ˈzā-shən 

plural normalizations

: the act or process of normalizing

normalization of pH levels

… the normalization of sharing [personal gender] pronouns emphasizes the fact that everyone has preferred pronouns, not just trans and non-binary folks.

—Christina M. Xiao

Eventually, with wisdom and restraint on both sides, a stable arrangement was contrived that made possible the progressive normalization of British-Irish relations.

—Zbigniew Brzezinski

… it's great to rack up these normalizations [of relations]. Obviously, peace is better than war …

—Christiane Amanpour

Examples of normalization in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Historian Timothy Snyder has warned that democracies often die through the normalization of the exceptional—emergency as governance, loyalty as qualification, disinformation as a political tool. —Alejandro Reyes, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2026

Price risk is increasingly front-loaded, while cash flow normalization trends towards being back-loaded. —Bryce Erickson, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026

Criminal justice experts told CBS News last week that pinning down an exact cause is difficult, but many experts largely agreed that a normalization in routines, an influx of COVID-19 relief programs, and an increase in criminal intervention programs were responsible. —Austen Erblat, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026

Japan welcomed its first pandas in 1972 to mark the normalization of diplomatic ties with China. —Chris Lau, CNN Money, 25 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for normalization

• abbreviation
• abomination
• acceleration
• accentuation
• accommodation
• accreditation
• acculturation
• accumulation
• acetylation
• adjudication
• administration
• adulteration