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normalize
[nawr-muh-lahyz]
verb (used with object)
to make normal.
Traditional Chinese medicine uses ginseng to normalize blood pressure.
to cause (something previously considered abnormal or unacceptable) to be treated as normal.
I have to resist the impulse to normalize her eccentricities.
to establish or resume (relations) in a normal manner, as between countries.
Statistics.to mathematically transform or adjust (the values in a data set) so that they fit a standard measure or scale, such as by making all the values fall between 0 and 1.
Data was normalized before analysis.
Metallurgy.to heat (a steel alloy) to a suitable temperature above the transformation range and then cool it in still air at ambient temperature.
verb (used without object)
to become normal; resume a normal state.
Prices soon normalized after the war.
normalize
/ ˈɔːəˌɪ /
verb
to bring or make into the normal state
to bring into conformity with a standard
to heat (steel) above a critical temperature and allow it to cool in air to relieve internal stresses; anneal
Other Word Forms
- normalization noun
- denormalization noun
- overnormalization noun
- overnormalize verb (used with object)
- renormalization noun
- renormalize verb (used with object)
- unnormalized adjective
- unnormalizing adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of normalize1
Example Sentences
Thus, the challenge of continuously documenting and sounding the alarm about how abnormal and dangerous the Age of Trump is while never normalizing it as being somehow quotidian, and therefore numbing.
Or maybe just provide a familiar face to help normalize rounding up people from their workplaces and off the street and sending in the National Guard when this doesn’t appear to be happening smoothly enough.
Too often, they normalize Trump’s outrageous conduct and the threat he poses to the nation.
It is always fascinating to observe how these normalizing views are presented from a place of privilege and far away from the obvious victims of repression and demonization.
Non-diagnosed voice hearers follow a range of practices to foster the development of control, such as finding community, normalizing, and engaging with the voices, which leads to the ability to set boundaries with them.
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