When formal, standardized norms are enacted by legislatures and are enforced by formal sanctions, they are termed __________.
A) folkways
B) mores
C) laws
D) taboos

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Formal, standardized norms that are enacted by legislatures and enforced by formal sanctions are known as laws. Folkways and mores are informal norms, while taboos are particularly strong mores that forbid certain actions entirely.

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