normalise
See also: normalisé
English
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Verb
normalise (third-person singular simple present normalises, present participle normalising, simple past and past participle normalised)
- Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of normalize.
- 1991, Peter Newmark, About Translation, Multilingual Matters, →ISBN, page 104:
- Secondly, there is a tendency to undertranslate, viz. to normalise by generalising, to understate, in all translation but particularly in literary translation.
- 2015 September 1, “Prenatal and Postpartum Evening Salivary Cortisol Levels in Association with Peripartum Depressive Symptoms”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- While in most cases salivary cortisol concentration is normalised within a two-week period after delivery, an abnormal adjustment to this state may result in a persistent HPA-axis suppression and hypocortisolemia, which is believed to increase the susceptibility to PPD.
- 2018 December 11, Sarah Boseley, “Criminalisation of sex work normalises violence, review finds”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian[2], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 October 2026:
- “It is clear from our review that criminalisation of sex work normalises violence and reinforces gender, racial, economic and other inequalities.
- 2018 December 19, Peter Bradshaw, “Welcome to Marwen review: Steve Carell on icky form in straightwashed misfire”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian[3], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 October 2026:
- For all that her character has been created in the interests of reassuring the audience and normalising and straightwashing the story, she has an excellent moment in the climactic scene when Hogancamp declares his feelings for her.
- 2026 October 31, Ben Doherty, “US cancels G20 ‘family photo’ after Australia, UK and others refuse to appear with Russia”, in The Guardian[4], →ISSN, sourced from Associated Press:
- A spokesperson for Wong said Australia supported the US decision to cancel the group photo. “Australia has been clear and consistent: we will not normalise Russia’s brutal and illegal invasion of Ukraine.
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Pronunciation
- Homophones: normalisent, normalises
Verb
normalise
- inflection of normaliser:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂el- (grow)
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵneh₃-
- English terms suffixed with -ise (verb suffix)
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