Relativism Definition

rĕlə-tĭ-vĭzəm
noun
Any theory of ethics or knowledge based on the idea that all values or judgments are relative, differing according to circumstances, persons, cultures, etc.
Webster's New World

(countable, philosophy) A specific such theory, advocated by a particular philosopher or school of thought.

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Noun

Singular:
relativism
Plural:
relativisms

Origin of Relativism

  • From relative +"Ž -ism.

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Relativism Sentence Examples

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

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

  • First, it argues that relativism provides a plausible account of moral justification.

  • Bourdieu fiercely rejected the fashionable relativism that denies that the sciences can obtain genuine knowledge of the world.

  • There is nothing in Wittgenstein to suggest that such relativism or reductionism is necessary.

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