prevailing norms

collocation in English

meaningsofprevailingandnorm

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prevailing
adjective
uk
/prɪˈveɪ.lɪŋ/us
/prɪˈveɪ.lɪŋ/
existing in a particular place or at a ...
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norm
noun[C usually plural]
uk
/nɔːm/us
/nɔːrm/
an accepted standard or a way of behaving or doing things that most people ...
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(Definition ofprevailingandnormfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In the hands of an architect they can become at best didactic - an explicit critique and rejection of theprevailingnorm.
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To be sure, the nature of theprevailingnormwill not always be as clear-cut as has been envisaged in the preceding paragraph.
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She cautions that such initiatives can descend into a 'tick box' approach which does nothing to challenge the prevailing norms and cultural practices within organisations.
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And it was boys from the margins who were more successful in challenging prevailing norms.
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Tradition in itself is used to act as an intervention to criticize behaviour or actions not in harmony with the prevailing norms of the community.
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Such low-intensity cues may influence behaviour by subtly communicating information about the prevailing norms and sentiments within a community.
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New norms can become legitimate when they cohere with prevailing norms.
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Florini continues that most prevailing norms exist in international law; that is new norms must be conceived of as extensions of that law or as necessary changes in it.
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Anti-social behaviour is labelled as such when it is deemed contrary to prevailing norms for social conduct.
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From this it followed, according to prevailing norms, that unlawfulness also was required, as well as a guilty mind.
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However, the term refers to any subculture's rejection of conformity to prevailing norms and values, not just nonconformity within the educational system.
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Effective software design aims to conform with prevailing norms for aspects of behavior such as the software's user interface and its responsiveness.
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Due to prevailing norms of modesty, women would wear clothing that covered the whole of their body except their hands.
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Personal values exist in relation to cultural values, either in agreement with or divergence from prevailing norms.
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This flouted prevailing norms, that a character who practiced such sinful behavior must be punished in the course of the plot in order to be taught a lesson.
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