normative
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We’ve been taught to picture the thin, white, able-bodied, gender-normative people most often depicted as the height of health and fitness, in pop culture and advertising. — Robyn Warren, SELF, "This Is Why I Create Wellness Communities for Geeks," 17 Dec. 2018 White men are at the center, our normative citizen, despite being only around a third of the nation’s population. — Katie Kosma, Longreads, "White Men On The Edge of a Nervous Breakdown," 5 July 2018 White men are at the center, our normative citizen, despite being only around a third of the nation’s population. — Katie Kosma, Longreads, "White Men On The Edge of a Nervous Breakdown," 5 July 2018 The pieces frequently addressed the pitfalls of mass production, railed against the environmental effects of consumerism, and challenged normative forms. — Diana Budds, Curbed, "The most bizarre and brilliant projects from a Dutch design fair," 5 Nov. 2018 The irony is that citizenship helps drive integration — not the other way around Like many immigration arguments, the case for ending birthright citizenship is a normative argument wrapped in incorrect empirics. — Dara Lind, Vox, "Birthright citizenship, explained: why some on the right want to end it, and what they get wrong," 23 July 2018 White men are at the center, our normative citizen, despite being only around a third of the nation’s population. — Katie Kosma, Longreads, "White Men On The Edge of a Nervous Breakdown," 5 July 2018 White men are at the center, our normative citizen, despite being only around a third of the nation’s population. — Katie Kosma, Longreads, "White Men On The Edge of a Nervous Breakdown," 5 July 2018 White men are at the center, our normative citizen, despite being only around a third of the nation’s population. — Katie Kosma, Longreads, "White Men On The Edge of a Nervous Breakdown," 5 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'normative.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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