Meaning of normalism | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Normality; A state in which most things are normal.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
2. A system of beliefs concerning how one determines what is considered normal.
   countable, uncountable
3. A tendency to consider most deviations as within the bounds of "normal".
   countable, uncountable
4. A bias against the abnormal.
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“There is very little normalism in the English language, and the attempt⟳ to reduce⟳ it to stricter rules is necessarily a failure.”

“In the wildest conquering inundations, lust itself obeying its impulese only bey a kind of necessity ; myriads of slaves carried off and embodied, still producing only a very gradual influence⟳ upon the normalisms of the typical form⟳, and passing into absorption by certain external appearances, with very faint steps.”

“It is of importance to carry⟳ with us this idea of the normalism of the successive phases,—because accidental modifications frequently occur⟳ which may distract attention from the main lines of the case, and seduce us into a search⟳ for remedies where they cannot be found.”

“It is rarely, too, that one will be able to demonstrate⟳ readily upon a patient all that he can observe⟳ in his own⟳ person; for the patient has not the same practice of the auto-laryngoscopist, nor the same interest⟳ in it; while, in addition, his organs are seldom in a state of complete⟳ normalism, or he would have⟳ no occasion to consult⟳ the practitioner.”

“The 1968 movement pressed against the boundaries of any normalism.”

“As examples of normalism, such as the creation of a 'normal' demographic, economic or growth, make⟳ clear, the reproduction and continuity of normality require⟳ the state to translate⟳ 'this generally incomprehensible “landscape of curves” from the language of experts into the self-steering fantasy of the subjects' (Link⟳, quoted in Remebert 2004: 6). Seeing normalism as a response to the challenge⟳ of modernity which success relies on state involvement prompts Link⟳ to identify⟳ it as a strategy of compensation.”

“The fact that the borders of normality (as opposed to normative norms) are on a statistical continuum, and always moveable, accounts for the historical dynamic of normalism.”

“Although a program⟳ of reason⟳ and moderation, normalism is not a program⟳ of compromise or opportunism.”

“Normalism was the normal school philosophy which relied on a positivist and evolutionary approach⟳ to learning; it was called by its practitioners “the science of progress⟳ and the science of man.””

“Flexible normalism follows the assumption that people reach⟳ the periphery of society by chance.”

“The information books are coming through, though they are sadly lacking in any political dimension, and there are a few poetic books, but they don't combat normalism - the central concept of our society - that anyone who is not normal is inferior.”

“These are stories about normalism (Corbett 1994). Part of the experience⟳ of being marginalised and dominated also has to do with the way some of 'us' call⟳ 'others' (Abberley 1987).”

“This quest for a meaningful identity results in the alteration, because the discursive disorder created by unification allows for a connection between normalism and positive national identity, where the concept "nation" becomes reinscribed with premodern values.”

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