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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
normalise .
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Examples
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Radiation level in affected area of Delhi 'normalises'
WN.com - Articles related to Step up research output, technology minister tells scientists 2010
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Radiation level in affected area of Delhi 'normalises'
WN.com - Articles related to Step up research output, technology minister tells scientists 2010
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Referring to an ex, even vaguely, kind of normalises things.
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And with the rise both in porn and instant gratification culture then I say it might be a good thing - peadophilia is on the increase as the internet 'normalises' such perversion so given that we can't hang the perverted bastards I hope the dolls catch on!
Sex In 2050..... Newmania 2008
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Putting Playboy on the high street like this simply normalises and legitimises the objectification of women, it introduces young girls into a porn culture and encourages boys to treat girls as objects to have things done to them, rather than people to have relations with.
Playboy club reopening to attract protests against Hugh Hefner 2011
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Putting Playboy on the high street like this simply normalises and legitimises the objectification of women, it introduces young girls into a porn culture and encourages boys to treat girls as objects to have things done to them, rather than people to have relations with.
Playboy club reopening to attract protests against Hugh Hefner 2011
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Many will not see their position as oppressive, as they have been brought up in a culture that normalises the inequality they face.
One of the many flaws of the Afghanistan mission… « My Liberal Democrat Political Ramblings… 2009
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Many will not see their position as oppressive, as they have been brought up in a culture that normalises the inequality they face.
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This weakens government institutions and normalises the approach to politics that justifies any means to gain power and then keep it.5 Poorly timed human rights pronouncements, like the international criminal court's statement that no Ivorian would have immunity from prosecution for war crimes or crimes against humanity.
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This kind of political base connects the all-or-nothing logic of high-level actors to the mundane aspirations of their educated constituents, and normalises the practice of gutting institutions after changes in power to provide jobs to constituents in a setting of extremely high unemployment.
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