'Norm' definitions:
Definition of 'norm'
(from WordNet)
noun
A standard or model or pattern regarded as typical; "the current middle-class norm of two children per family"
noun
A statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes" [syn: average, norm]
Definition of 'Norm'
From: GCIDE
- Norm \Norm\, n. [L. norma a rule. See Normal, a.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A rule or authoritative standard; a model; a type; as, deviations from the norm are not tolerated. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 2. (Biol.) A typical, structural unit; a type. --Agassiz. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'norm'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- average,
- axiology,
- balance,
- barometer,
- behavioral norm,
- benchmark,
- business ethics,
- canon,
- center,
- check,
- climate,
- climate of opinion,
- code,
- code of ethics,
- code of morals,
- commandment,
- convention,
- criterion,
- decalogue,
- degree,
- dictum,
- ethic,
- ethical system,
- ethics,
- ethos,
- form,
- formality,
- formula,
- formulary,
- gauge,
- general principle,
- generality,
- golden mean,
- golden rule,
- graduated scale,
- guideline,
- guiding principle,
- happy medium,
- ideology,
- imperative,
- intellectual climate,
- juste-milieu,
- law,
- law of nature,
- legal ethics,
- maxim,
- mean,
- measure,
- median,
- medical ethics,
- mediocrity,
- medium,
- middle,
- middle course,
- middle ground,
- middle point,
- middle position,
- middle state,
- middle-of-the-road,
- midpoint,
- mitzvah,
- model,
- moral,
- moral climate,
- moral code,
- moral principles,
- morals,
- mores,
- new morality,
- norma,
- normal,
- normative system,
- norms,
- order of nature,
- ordinance,
- par,
- parameter,
- pattern,
- prescribed form,
- prescription,
- principium,
- principle,
- principles,
- Procrustean law,
- professional ethics,
- quantity,
- reading,
- readout,
- regulation,
- rubric,
- rule,
- run,
- scale,
- set form,
- settled principle,
- social ethics,
- spiritual climate,
- standard,
- standards,
- standing order,
- Ten Commandments,
- tenet,
- test,
- touchstone,
- type,
- universal law,
- usual,
- value,
- value system,
- via media,
- Weltanschauung,
- working principle,
- working rule,
- world view,
- yardstick,
- Zeitgeist