Norm
noun
A standard, model, or rule that is typical or expected.
Getting good grades is the norm in this school.
Often appears as...
- social norm
- cultural norm
noun
In mathematics, a function that gives a non-negative value for any vector with zero only for a zero vector.
In four-dimensional Euclidean space, the norm is calculated by the square root of the sum of squares of all vector components.
Often appears as...
- euclidean norm
- norm of a vector
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Formal
Technical
noun
In sociology, a rule that is socially enforced.
Shaking hands when meeting someone new is a social norm in many cultures.
Often appears as...
- break a norm
- social norm
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Academic
noun
A set of conditions or criteria used to judge a process or outcome in evaluation and assessment.
This school curriculum is based on national norms and standards.
Often appears as...
- developmental norms
- age norms
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Academic
noun
A standard, model, or rule that is typical or expected.
Getting good grades is the norm in this school.
Often appears as...
- social norm
- cultural norm
noun
In mathematics, a function that gives a non-negative value for any vector with zero only for a zero vector.
In four-dimensional Euclidean space, the norm is calculated by the square root of the sum of squares of all vector components.
Often appears as...
- euclidean norm
- norm of a vector
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
In sociology, a rule that is socially enforced.
Shaking hands when meeting someone new is a social norm in many cultures.
Often appears as...
- break a norm
- social norm
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A set of conditions or criteria used to judge a process or outcome in evaluation and assessment.
This school curriculum is based on national norms and standards.
Often appears as...
- developmental norms
- age norms
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Typical Expectation
Reflects what's considered usual in a social context or situation.
Wearing a business suit is the norm for job interviews.
Pro Tip 2/3Implicitly Understood
Often not spoken about but understood by members of a certain group.
At the dinner table, it's the norm to not use phones.
Pro Tip 3/3Group Specific
What is a norm can vary significantly from one culture or group to another.
Bowing as a greeting is the norm in Japanese culture.
Pro Tip 1/3Typical Expectation
Reflects what's considered usual in a social context or situation.
Wearing a business suit is the norm for job interviews.
Pro Tip 2/3Implicitly Understood
Often not spoken about but understood by members of a certain group.
At the dinner table, it's the norm to not use phones.
Pro Tip 3/3Group Specific
What is a norm can vary significantly from one culture or group to another.
Bowing as a greeting is the norm in Japanese culture.
Pro Tip 1/3Typical Expectation
Reflects what's considered usual in a social context or situation.
Wearing a business suit is the norm for job interviews.
Pro Tip 2/3Implicitly Understood
Often not spoken about but understood by members of a certain group.
At the dinner table, it's the norm to not use phones.
Pro Tip 3/3Group Specific
What is a norm can vary significantly from one culture or group to another.
Bowing as a greeting is the norm in Japanese culture.
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distribute their creative works, not for financial profit, but to raise their social profile or establish their community role. And even potluck dinners and holiday gift traditions involve some degree of reciprocity and social norms. We might wonder if a gift is truly a gift if it comes with obligations or involves some social pay off.
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With chronic malnutrition being the norm for most of human history, genetics evolved to favor fat storage. So when did body fat become problematic? The negative impacts of being overweight were not even noted in medical literature until as late as the 18th century. Then, technological advances coupled with public health measures
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How to speak so that...
what would the world be like if we were creating sound consciously and consuming sound consciously and designing all our environments consciously for sound? That would be a world that does sound beautiful, and one where understanding would be the norm, and that is an idea worth spreading.
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What does my headscarf...
acknowledged and mitigated against. Bias can be about race, it can be about gender. It can also be about class, education, disability. The fact is, we all have biases against what's different, what's different to our social norms. The thing is, if we want to live in a world
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How to understand power...
Think about how norms around marriage equality today are evolving. The fifth form of power is ideas. An idea, individual liberties, say, or racial equality, can generate boundless amounts of power if it motivates enough people to change their thinking and actions.
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14 Tips On How To Have A...
it becomes a complete norm for all of these products to do that I think the world have been in a great place my tip would be not to get overwhelmed with sustainability I know it is new for a lot of people and small steps are what matters don't get overwhelmed with
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What can you learn from...
social norms, wars, and what caused their deaths. Today, we use these tools to answer big questions about how forces, like migration and disease, shape the modern world. DNA analysis is even possible in some relatively well-preserved ancient remains.
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Defying stereotypes: the...
way but how did you get there just about a hundred years ago our grandparents yours mine all over the world really had a different norm for all of us it was pretty clear that women were lesser beings universities refused admitting females
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What's the World's Most...
filters but back to what Cindy said cigarette litter is the last acceptable form of littering the key word here is acceptable social norms play a huge role in our behavior if society thinks it's even a little bit okay we're gonna do it
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Chimamanda Ngozi...
My father was a professor. My mother was an administrator. And so we had, as was the norm, live-in domestic help, who would often come from nearby rural villages. So, the year I turned eight, we got a new house boy. His name was Fide.
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What is a gift economy?...
distribute their creative works, not for financial profit, but to raise their social profile or establish their community role. And even potluck dinners and holiday gift traditions involve some degree of reciprocity and social norms. We might wonder if a gift is truly a gift if it comes with obligations or involves some social pay off.
Video examples
What is obesity? - Mia...
With chronic malnutrition being the norm for most of human history, genetics evolved to favor fat storage. So when did body fat become problematic? The negative impacts of being overweight were not even noted in medical literature until as late as the 18th century. Then, technological advances coupled with public health measures
Video examples
How to speak so that...
what would the world be like if we were creating sound consciously and consuming sound consciously and designing all our environments consciously for sound? That would be a world that does sound beautiful, and one where understanding would be the norm, and that is an idea worth spreading.
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What does my headscarf...
acknowledged and mitigated against. Bias can be about race, it can be about gender. It can also be about class, education, disability. The fact is, we all have biases against what's different, what's different to our social norms. The thing is, if we want to live in a world
Video examples
How to understand power...
Think about how norms around marriage equality today are evolving. The fifth form of power is ideas. An idea, individual liberties, say, or racial equality, can generate boundless amounts of power if it motivates enough people to change their thinking and actions.
Video examples
14 Tips On How To Have A...
it becomes a complete norm for all of these products to do that I think the world have been in a great place my tip would be not to get overwhelmed with sustainability I know it is new for a lot of people and small steps are what matters don't get overwhelmed with
Video examples
What can you learn from...
social norms, wars, and what caused their deaths. Today, we use these tools to answer big questions about how forces, like migration and disease, shape the modern world. DNA analysis is even possible in some relatively well-preserved ancient remains.
Video examples
Defying stereotypes: the...
way but how did you get there just about a hundred years ago our grandparents yours mine all over the world really had a different norm for all of us it was pretty clear that women were lesser beings universities refused admitting females
Video examples
What's the World's Most...
filters but back to what Cindy said cigarette litter is the last acceptable form of littering the key word here is acceptable social norms play a huge role in our behavior if society thinks it's even a little bit okay we're gonna do it
Video examples
Chimamanda Ngozi...
My father was a professor. My mother was an administrator. And so we had, as was the norm, live-in domestic help, who would often come from nearby rural villages. So, the year I turned eight, we got a new house boy. His name was Fide.
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Jeff Bezos
American Businessman
Beautiful speech doesn't need protection, it's ugly speech that needs protection. We have these cultural norms that allow people to say really ugly things. You don't have to invite them to your dinner party, but you should let them say it.
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Ethan Peck
American Actor
I love dressing up - it makes me feel good. I think most people get that feeling when they put on a well-tailored suit. It like, boosts your IQ, your confidence, everything. And I think that that needs to come back into the norm more.
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Evan Rachel Wood
American Actress
I've struggled with gender norms my whole life, always feeling like I wasn't black-and-white; I was in this gray area, and gray areas really scare people because you can't define them.
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Hannah Brown
American Celebrity
I realized I deserve to be happy and have all the things I want in life. It might be scary and outside the norm of what everybody else does, but I need to just go for it.
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Amanda Gorman
American Poet
We've learned that quiet isn't always peace and the norms and notions of what just is, isn't always justice.
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Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
Who in the world wants to run a country where the new norm is one where there are no jobs?
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Kelly Masterson
American Playwright
I'm not always interested in Hollywood norms and boy-next-door kind of characters.
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Simon Sinek
English Author
The trick to balance is to not make sacrificing important things become the norm.
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Miroslav Lajcak
Slovak Diplomat
Sustaining Peace is happening. But it is the exception - not the norm.
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Adrian Dunbar
Irish Actor
Integrated education should be the norm - I'm passionate about that.
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Jeff Bezos
American Businessman
Beautiful speech doesn't need protection, it's ugly speech that needs protection. We have these cultural norms that allow people to say really ugly things. You don't have to invite them to your dinner party, but you should let them say it.
Quote examples
Ethan Peck
American Actor
I love dressing up - it makes me feel good. I think most people get that feeling when they put on a well-tailored suit. It like, boosts your IQ, your confidence, everything. And I think that that needs to come back into the norm more.
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Evan Rachel Wood
American Actress
I've struggled with gender norms my whole life, always feeling like I wasn't black-and-white; I was in this gray area, and gray areas really scare people because you can't define them.
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Hannah Brown
American Celebrity
I realized I deserve to be happy and have all the things I want in life. It might be scary and outside the norm of what everybody else does, but I need to just go for it.
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Amanda Gorman
American Poet
We've learned that quiet isn't always peace and the norms and notions of what just is, isn't always justice.
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Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
Who in the world wants to run a country where the new norm is one where there are no jobs?
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Kelly Masterson
American Playwright
I'm not always interested in Hollywood norms and boy-next-door kind of characters.
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Simon Sinek
English Author
The trick to balance is to not make sacrificing important things become the norm.
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Miroslav Lajcak
Slovak Diplomat
Sustaining Peace is happening. But it is the exception - not the norm.
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Adrian Dunbar
Irish Actor
Integrated education should be the norm - I'm passionate about that.
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