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rela·tiv·ism (-iz′əm)

noun

Philos. any theory of ethics or knowledge based on the idea that all values or judgments are relative, differing according to circumstances, persons, cultures, etc.

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relativism Usage Examples

Possessives

  • term: The term ' moral relativism ' is understood in a variety of ways.

Converse of object

  • imply: Theodorus defends Protagoras's doctrine that Man is the Measure of All Things, which Socrates takes to imply relativism.

Adjective modifier

  • epistemic: This is the epistemic relativism that forms the basis of my kind of history.

Modifies a noun

  • debate: This is because of the centrality of the gender question and its impact on the cultural relativism debate within human rights.

Noun used with modifier

  • postmodern: Here Halsey's own perspective, of what I take to be a postmodern relativism, comes to the fore.
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I suffer the anthropological malady diagnosed by Le¤  vi- Strauss inTristes tropiques: I find it much more difficult to suspend value judgments about the society in which I normally reside than I do abroad. It takes physical and cultural distance to gain moral detachment and political noncommitment. Relativism implies a solid measure of indifference.

-van den Berghe, Pierre L

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