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Anarchist vs Normative - What's the difference?

anarchist | normative |

As a noun anarchist

is anarchist (person).

As an adjective normative is

of or pertaining to a norm or standard.

anarchist

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who believes in or advocates the absence of hierarchy and authority in most forms (compare anarchism), especially one who works toward the realization of such.
  • One who disregards laws and social norms as a form of rebellion against authority.
  • (By extension from previous sense ), one who promotes chaos and lawlessness; a nihilist.
  • One who resents outside control or influence on his or her life, in particular a government, and therefore desires the absence of political control.
  • Usage notes

    * Self-identified anarchists in sense 1 may object to the use of this term in senses 2 and 3.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (somewhat, rare) Relating to anarchism or to .
  • normative

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to a norm or standard.
  • Conforming to a norm or norms.
  • normative behaviour
  • Attempting to establish or prescribe a norm.
  • normative grammar

    Hyponyms

    * prescriptive * proscriptive

    Derived terms

    * normative economics * normative ethics * normative grammar * normatively * normativeness * normative science * normative system * normativist * normativity