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relativism

noun

Etymology

From relative + -ism.

  1. derived from relātus
  2. derived from relātīvus
  3. derived from relatif
  4. suffixed as relativism — “relative + ism”

Definitions

  1. The theory, especially in ethics or aesthetics, that conceptions of truth and moral…

    The theory, especially in ethics or aesthetics, that conceptions of truth and moral values are not absolute but are relative to the persons or groups holding them.

  2. A specific such theory, advocated by a particular philosopher or school of thought.

    • Following Gilbert Harman’s lead, my own formulation of relativism about the normative domain was based on the classic examples of thoroughgoing relativisms drawn from physics.

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Derived

antirelativism, cognitive relativism, ethnorelativism, factual relativism, hyperrelativism, moral relativism

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