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normalize

Ancestral Lore

Ancestral Lore of normalize

1848, "reduce to a standard; cause to conform to a standard"

From normal + -ize (verb-forming suffix denoting the doing of the noun or adjective to which it is attached)

normalize verb

to make (something) conform to or reduce (something) to a norm or standard
to bring or restore to a normal condition
to allow or encourage (something considered extreme or taboo) to become viewed as normal
mathematics: to make (something) normal (as by a transformation of variables)

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Specific examples and quotes of normalize

"Why should the idea of normalizing something be a welcome notion at all when it implies a reduction to a standard? Not an improvement, but a degrading."

"Originals"
(Speed Well Dialogues)
by Sabina Nore

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