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Evaluative vs Normative - What's the difference?

evaluative | normative |

As adjectives the difference between evaluative and normative

is that evaluative is while normative is of or pertaining to a norm or standard.

evaluative

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Relating to the assignment of value to a person, thing, or event.
  • judgmental; tending to reduce a thing to a simple evaluation.

    • normative

    English

    (wikipedia 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

    Related terms

    * norm * normal