2. (Grammar) giving directives or rules; prescriptive.
Opposed to {descriptive}.
Syn: prescriptive.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. based on or prescribing a norm or standard; as, normative grammar. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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