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normalise en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider. Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō Ancient Greek γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō) Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn) Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn)bor. Etruscanbor.? Latin norma Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nōrmālisder. English normal English -ise English normalise From normal + -ise.

Meanings

1. (UK, alt-of, nonstandard) Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of normalize.
   alt of normalize
   • Secondly, there is a tendency to undertranslate, viz. to normalise by generalising, to understate, in all translation but particularly in literary translation. 1991, Peter Newmark, About Translation, Multilingual Matters, →ISBN, page 104:
   • While in most cases salivary cortisol concentration is normalised within a two-week period after delivery, an abnormal adjustment to this state may result in a persistent HPA-axis suppression and hypocortisolemia, which is believed to increase the susceptibility to PPD. 2015 September 1, “Prenatal and Postpartum Evening Salivary Cortisol Levels in Association with Peripartum Depressive Symptoms”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
   • “It is clear from our review that criminalisation of sex work normalises violence and reinforces gender, racial, economic and other inequalities. 2018 November 12, Sarah Boseley, “Criminalisation of sex work normalises violence, review finds”, in The Guardian:
   • For all that her character has been created in the interests of reassuring the audience and normalising and straightwashing the story, she has an excellent moment in the climactic scene when Hogancamp declares his feelings for her. 2018 December 19, Peter Bradshaw, “Welcome to Marwen review: Steve Carell on icky form in straightwashed misfire”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Forms

Deriveds

normalisable · denormalise · nonnormalised · normalisation · orthonormalised · renormalise