relativism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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

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relativism relativisms

From relative + -ism.

alternativism pragmatism

antirelativism cognitive relativism ethnorelativism factual relativism hyperrelativism moral relativism

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