D defs.my
Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

normative

· IPA /ˈnoɹ.mə.tɪv/
01 adj. relating to or dealing with norms; as, normative discipline; normative samples.
  1. 1.
    relating to or dealing with norms; as, normative discipline; normative samples.
  2. 2.
    giving directives or rules; prescriptive. Opposed to descriptive.(Grammar)
  3. 3.
    based on or prescribing a norm or standard; as, normative grammar.
Syn. prescriptive.