normalizing
Adjusting to standard
Normalizing is making something standard or acceptable, treating it as normal rather than exceptional or deviant: Social media is normalizing casual cruelty.
The word often carries disapproval—to accuse someone of normalizing behavior is to say they're making dangerous or harmful things seem ordinary.
In metallurgy, normalizing is a heat treatment that refines grain structure in steel.
Climbing or resizing
- transformationThorough change in form
- rescalingProportional size adjustment
- min-maxOptimal play against adversity
- z-scoreStandardized deviation measure
preprocessing · standardizing · whitening · logarithmic · statistical · dataset · distribution · variance
Merging into one entity
- synthesisCombining parts into whole
- harmonizationCreating consistency across systems
- blendingCombining into uniformity
- mergingBlending into one
consolidation · amalgamation · reconciliation · combining · aligning · coherence · compatibility · interoperability
Alteration to improve fit
- acclimatizationAdjusting to new conditions
- acclimationAdjusting to new conditions
- attunementHarmonious receptive connection
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
habituation · familiarization · desensitization · accustoming · reorientation · reconfiguration · modulation · tuning
Steadiness or amount owed
- homeostasisBiological internal stability maintenance
- steady-stateCondition of constant balance
- stabilityResistance to displacement
- equilibriumState of balance
stabilization · rebalancing · recalibration · thermoregulation · regulation · compensation · adjustment · correction
Make things match norms
- calibrateAdjust for accuracy
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
- regulateControl by rules
- harmonizeBring into agreement
uniformity · consistency · codify · systematize · formalize · protocol · template · specification
Consent to receive
- destigmatizationRemoving social shame
- mainstreamingIncluding in standard settings
- legitimizationFormal recognition as valid
- validationConfirming truth or accuracy
representation · visibility · inclusion · discourse · conversation · awareness · openness · understanding
Making things the same
- uniformityState of being identical
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- conventionalityAdherence to accepted customs
- groupthinkConformity-driven poor decisions
expectation · norms · compliance · orthodoxy
scaling
Climbing or resizing
- transformationThorough change in form
- rescalingProportional size adjustment
- min-maxOptimal play against adversity
z-score · preprocessing · standardizing · whitening · logarithmic · statistical · dataset · distribution · variance
unification
Merging into one entity
- synthesisCombining parts into whole
- harmonizationCreating consistency across systems
- blendingCombining into uniformity
merging · consolidation · amalgamation · reconciliation · combining · aligning · coherence · compatibility · interoperability · seamless
adjustment
Alteration to improve fit
- acclimatizationAdjusting to new conditions
- acclimationAdjusting to new conditions
- attunementHarmonious receptive connection
conditioning · habituation · familiarization · desensitization · accustoming · reorientation · reconfiguration · modulation · tuning · calibrating
balance
Steadiness or amount owed
- homeostasisBiological internal stability maintenance
- steady-stateCondition of constant balance
- stabilityResistance to displacement
equilibrium · stabilization · rebalancing · recalibration · thermoregulation · regulation · compensation · adjustment · correction · maintenance
standardize
Make things match norms
harmonize · uniformity · consistency · codify · systematize · formalize · protocol · template · specification · baseline
acceptance
Consent to receive
- destigmatizationRemoving social shame
- mainstreamingIncluding in standard settings
- legitimizationFormal recognition as valid
validation · representation · visibility · inclusion · discourse · conversation · awareness · openness · understanding · tolerance
homogenization
Making things the same
- uniformityState of being identical
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- conventionalityAdherence to accepted customs
groupthink · expectation · norms · compliance · orthodoxy
- feature engineeringencoding, scaling, standardization, imputation, binarization
- organizingorganizing, categorizing, grouping, structuring, classifying
- blacksmithinganvil, anvils, forge, forges, bellows
- metalworkingwelding, casting, forging, smithing, smelting
- business proceduresrecording, processing, documenting, approving, verifying
- data processingdata entry, standardization, encoding, scaling, data storage
normalizingdenormalizing
Reversing relational table structure
deviating · abnormalizing · differentiating · individualizing · particularizing
normalizingstigmatizing
Marking as socially unacceptable
pathologizing · othering · marginalizing · demonizing · criminalizing
normalizingdestabilizing
Causing loss of equilibrium
disrupting · unsettling · unbalancing · disturbing · agitating
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