Norm:

• the norm (n.): the usual thing, the average, par for the course, the rule; [e.g.]: “Families of six or seven were the norm in those days”. ~ (Collins English Thesaurus).

• norm (n.; pl. norms): 1. that which is normal or typical; [e.g.]: “Unemployment is the norm in this part of the country”; 2. a rule imposed by regulations and/or socially enforced by members of a community; [e.g.]: “Not eating your children is just one of those societal norms everyone lives by”. [etymology: from French norme, from Old French, from Latin norma, ‘a carpenter’s square’, ‘a rule’, ‘a pattern’, ‘a precept’]. ~ (Wiktionary English Dictionary).

Normal:

• normal (adj.): 1. conforming with, adhering to, or constituting a norm [viz.: a characteristic trait], standard, pattern, level, or type; typical; [e.g.]: “normal room temperature”; “one’s normal weight”; “normal diplomatic relations”; 2. (biology); functioning or occurring in a natural way; lacking observable abnormalities or deficiencies; (adv.): normally; (n.): normality, normalcy. [Middle English, from Late Latin normālis, from Latin, ‘made according to the square’, from norma, ‘carpenter’s square’]. ~ (American Heritage Dictionary).

• normal (adj.): commonly encountered: average, common, commonplace, general, ordinary, typical, usual. ~ (American Heritage Roget’s Thesaurus).

New Normal:

new normal (n.; pl. new normals): a current prevailing situation which has emerged recently, that differs dramatically from the previous one and is expected to remain; [e.g.]: “The new normal for this country is simply to survive economically”; “That is to say, the abnormal situation may persist until it becomes a new normal”. (page 659, “The Quarterly Journal of Economics”, Vol. 36, № 4, “Change of Price”, by Benjamin H. Hibbard; Aug 1922, OUP, London). ~ (Wiktionary English Dictionary).

Normalise:

normalise (v. tr.): to cause (something previously regarded as anomalous) to be accepted as normal, thereby altering the accepted norm; (n.): *normalisation*, normaliser. [emphasis added]. ~ (American Heritage Dictionary).

Regularisation:

• regularisation (n.): 1. the condition of having been made regular (or more regular); 2. the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular [viz.: conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal]. ~ (Princeton’s WordNet 3.0).

Degeneracy:

The etymology of the noun “degeneracy” reveals a matter-of-fact (i.e., a non-judgemental) Latin root. Viz.:

• degeneracy (n.; pl. degeneracies): 1. (a.) the process of degenerating; (b.) the state of being degenerate; viz.: degenerate (intr.v.; degenerated, degenerating, degenerates): 1. to fall below a normal or desirable state, especially functionally or morally; deteriorate; [e.g.]: “old water pipes which are degenerating with age”; “a dispute which degenerated into a brawl”; 2. to decline in quality; [e.g.]: “the quality of his writing degenerated as he continued to drink”; 3. to undergo degeneration; (adv.): degenerately; (n.): degenerateness. [Latin dēgenerātus, past participle of dēgenerāre, *‘to depart from one’s own kind’*, ‘deteriorate’; from dē-, ‘de-’ + genus, gener-, ‘race’]. [emphasis added]. ~ (American Heritage Dictionary).

Degenerate:

A reminder once more of how the etymology of the adjective “degenerate” reveals a matter-of-fact (i.e., a non-judgemental) Latin root. Viz.:

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