Normative vs. Empirical

Normativeadjective

Of or pertaining to a norm or standard.

Normativeadjective

Conforming to a norm or norms.

Normativeadjective

Attempting to establish or prescribe a norm.

Normative

relating to or dealing with norms; as, normative discipline; normative samples.

Normative

giving directives or rules; prescriptive. Opposed to descriptive.

Normative

based on or prescribing a norm or standard; as, normative grammar.

Normativeadjective

relating to or dealing with norms;

Normativeadjective

giving directives or rules;

Normativeadjective

based on or prescribing a norm or standard;

Normativeadjective

dealing with or based on norms;

Normative

Normative generally means relating to an evaluative standard. Normativity is the phenomenon in human societies of designating some actions or outcomes as good or desirable or permissible and others as bad or undesirable or impermissible.

Empiricaladjective

Pertaining to or based on experience.

Empiricaladjective

Pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations made using the physical senses or using instruments which extend the senses.

Empiricaladjective

(philosophy of science) Verifiable by means of scientific experimentation.

Empiricaladjective

derived from experiment and observation rather than theory;

Empiricaladjective

relying on medical quackery;