1. Reduction of a process to a standard or type; such as, making something typical or in compliance with a model or a principle which has been established: The new legislation was designed to impose a normalization of the school curriculum. 2. Any process that makes something more conventional, which typically means conforming to some regularity or rule, or returning from some state of irregularity: Many of the principles of social work are intended to bring some normalization to the lives of clients who have been disturbed by a crisis.