Definition of Norm

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Definition of Norm
	Norm A rule or authoritative standard; a model; a type. A typical, structural unit; a type. Related Definitions: Authoritative, Model, Or, Rule, Standard, Structural, Type, Typical, Unit

Norm Quotations

Moralities, ethics, laws, customs, beliefs, doctrines - these are of trifling import. All that matters is that the miraculous become the norm.
Henry Miller

Some people, and I am one of them, hate happy ends. We feel cheated. Harm is the norm.
Vladimir Nabokov

When the congregation becomes the norm by which sermons are measured, a minister has put a mortgage on his soul.
Ralph W. Sockman

I know a lot of reporters certainly will go to jail to defend confidential sources. Some have even gone to jail for an issue like this. But I can't say that's the norm.
Floyd Abrams

But there's actually a lot of punk bands out there that go out of the norm, use odd time signatures, or a lot of different tempo changes in a song.
Travis Barker

The Gospel has to be the norm.
Hans Kung

Father was the eldest son and the heir apparent, and he set the standard for being a Rockefeller very high, so every achievement was taken for granted and perfection was the norm.
David Rockefeller

Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm - walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
Billy Joel

That's like making fun of a maniac because his brain isn't completely right, because he isn't in the norm.
Alice Cooper

More and more couples are having this negotiation or discussion, but I'm still amazed at the number who aren't and where the cultural norm sort of kicks in and they just assume that mom's got to be the one who stays home, not dad.
James Levine

Norm Translations

norm in Afrikaans is standaard
norm in Dutch is regel, standaardmaat, norm
norm in French is norme
norm in German is Norm, Typ, Regel
norm in Portuguese is norma
norm in Swedish is norm

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