Normativo
Example: El marco normativo regula el comportamiento social en la comunidad.
Definition
"Normativo" refers to something related to establishing, relating to, or deriving from a standard or norm, especially in contexts such as law, ethics, or philosophy. It deals with rules or principles that guide behavior or judgments, as in 'El marco normativo regula el comportamiento social en la comunidad.'
Etymology
The word "normativo" comes from the Latin 'normativus,' which is derived from 'norma,' meaning a carpenter's square or a rule. Did you know that "norma" originally referred to a tool for measuring right angles, symbolizing precision and standardization, which perfectly fits the meaning of "normativo" as something that sets or relates to norms?
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"Normativo" appears in the Vocaplus list "Spanish - Philosophy - (B2) - set 1", containing 105 commonly used words.
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