chronic vs normative

chronic

adj
  • Inveterate or habitual. 

  • Good, great; "wicked". 

  • Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time. 

  • Very bad, awful. 

  • Prolonged or slow to heal. 

  • Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal. 

  • Extremely serious. 

noun
  • A condition of extended duration, either continuous or marked by frequent recurrence. Sometimes implies a condition which worsens with each recurrence, though that is not inherent in the term. 

  • Marijuana, typically of high quality. 

  • A person who is chronic, such as a criminal reoffender or a person with chronic disease. 

normative

adj
  • Of or pertaining to a norm or standard. 

  • Conforming to a norm or norms. 

  • Attempting to establish or prescribe a norm. 

noun
  • A regulation imposed to preserve a norm. 

How often have the words chronic and normative occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )