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)
"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"
~☉~ | lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context |
⚜ | classic definition |
☣ | artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense |