The South Beach Diet restricts carbohydrates - carbs, as diet dilettantes like to say. True, good carbs are allowed, but South Beach dieters must say goodbye to potatoes, fruit, bread, cereal, rice, pasta, beetroot, carrots, and sweet corn for the first two weeks.
Normatively definition, of or relating to a norm, especially an assumed norm regarded as the standard of correctness in behavior, speech, writing, etc. See more. Dictionary.com
Confidence votes 121. A Normative Theory expresses a judgment about whether a situation is desirable or undesirable, and is based upon some moray or standard. The world would be a better place if the moon were made of green cheese, is a normative statement because it expresses a judgment about what ought to be. Positive Theory expresses an opinion on a condition, assuming w hat is, and that contains no indication of approval or disapproval and is not based on any standard. Notice that a positive statement can be incorrect.