relativism
English
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Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]relativism (countable and uncountable, plural relativisms)
- (uncountable, philosophy) 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.
- (countable, philosophy) A specific such theory, advocated by a particular philosopher or school of thought.
- 2008, Paul Boghossian, “Replies to Wright, MacFarlane and Sosa”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 3, page 413:
- 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.
Coordinate terms
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[edit]theory that truth and moral values are relative
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See also
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[edit]- “relativism”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- relativism in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “relativism”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Romanian
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[edit]Borrowed from French relativisme.
Noun
[edit]relativism n (uncountable)
Declension
[edit]| singular only | indefinite | definite |
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| nominative-accusative | relativism | relativismul |
| genitive-dative | relativism | relativismului |
| vocative | relativismule | |