normalist
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
normalist (plural normalists)
- One who believes something to be the normal state of things, not requiring remediation.
- Antonym: abnormalist
- 1992, Hugh D. Barlow, Theodore N. Ferdinand, Understanding delinquency, page 118:
- Normalists believe that immature behavior in the home and school is simply part of growing up.
- 2000, Stephen K. Moroney, The Noetic Effects of Sin:
- Conversely, non-Christian thinkers may be characterized as normalists in the sense that they believe the world in its present state is normal, that is, not in need of radical renewal.