normalizes

Brings to baseline

Normalizes means makes normal or standard.

Data that normalizes is adjusted to a common scale for comparison.

A society normalizes behaviors by making them seem routine or acceptable: Social media has normalized oversharing.

In technical contexts, normalizing can mean adjusting values to fit within a defined range.

The word often carries criticism when applied to troubling trends: We shouldn't normalize political violence.

standardization

standardizes

Makes uniform or consistent

baseline · uniform · consistent · harmonizes · aligns · equalizes · scales · adjusts · converts · transforms

social

acceptance

Consent to receive

legitimizes · routine · ordinary · everyday · conventional · expected · familiar · typical · habitual · unremarkable

medical

regulates

Controls by rules

function · homeostasis · balance · therapy · treatment · symptoms · blood pressure · glucose · hormones · metabolism

relations

diplomacy

Negotiation between nations

restores · rapprochement · bilateral · treaties · ambassadors · dialogue · recognition · detente · thaw · cooperation

data

dataset

Organized collection of information

z-score · feature · outliers · distribution · range · values · algorithm · machine learning · statistical · transformation

Categories
Opposites
statistical/mathematical standardization

normalizesdistorts

Misrepresents or deforms

skews · denormalizes · warps · biases · randomizes

social/cultural acceptance

normalizesstigmatizes

Marks with dishonor

pathologizes · demonizes · marginalizes · criminalizes · problematizes

relational/diplomatic restoration

normalizessevers

Cuts completely through

ruptures · breaks off · disrupts · destabilizes · estranges

Phrases
Family

normalize, normalizing, normalization, normalized, normalizer, normalizers

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G