reabnormalize en · VERB
Etymology
From re- + abnormalize.
Meanings
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(transitive) To make abnormal again.
[California G]overnor [Gavin Newsom], says Dr. [Steven] Fish[, political science professor at the University of California at Berkeley], is changing how people view [U.S.] president [Donald Trump]’s style, which at first seemed “absurd … but then people got used to it. What Newsom is doing is re-abnormalizing those things.”
2025 September 18, Ali Martin, “Newsom takes on Trump, rising in Democratic eyes – at least for now”, in The Christian Science Monitor, archived from the original on 18 Sep 2025:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| reabnormalizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| reabnormalizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| reabnormalise | alternative | lexicographic | |
| reabnormalized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| reabnormalized | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Translations (2)
nl abnormaal maken (to make abnormal) · pt anormalizar (to make abnormal)