Normalit
Normalit is a social-scientific term used to describe the processes by which particular behaviors, practices, policies, or beliefs become perceived as normal within a group, institution, or society. The concept emphasizes how ordinary or taken-for-granted states emerge through repeated enactment, institutional endorsement, and cultural representation rather than through innate or self-evident qualities.
Etymology and usage are informal and interdisciplinary; the label is most often encountered in sociology, cultural
Key mechanisms associated with Normalit include routinization, legal and organizational codification, symbolic representation, and the role
Critiques of Normalit emphasize its potential to obscure power relations and marginalize alternative ways of living