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denormalize en · VERB

Etymology

From de- + normalize.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To add redundancy to (a database schema), the opposite of normalization, typically in order to optimize its performance.
   • Some developers regularly denormalize portions of the database in an attempt to improve performance. 2011, Paul Nielsen, Uttam Parui, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Bible, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 516:
2. (transitive) To make no longer normal; to treat or regard as different or unusual.
   • One question these scenes pose for cultural theory is whether such depictions denaturalize rape and denormalize masculinist pleasure in viewing sexual violence. 2018, Lee Quinby, Millennial Seduction: A Skeptic Confronts Apocalyptic Culture, page 139:

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Deriveds

denormalizer · denormalization