Relativism is the view that truth depends on who is looking. Moral relativism, cultural relativism, accused of relativism.
Cultural relativism, in anthropology, means understanding a practice in its own terms before judging it, and that is a method rather than a belief. Moral relativism is the stronger claim that there is no standard above the culture, and it is much disputed.
1nounrelativismThe view that truth depends on who is looking.
“Her relativism made her unwilling to say that any culture's customs were wrong.”
relativism is a philosophical position.
Proto-Indo-European
*telh₂- (bear)
Latin
relātīvus
Middle French
relatif
English
relative
English, today
relativism
Built from
From relative + -ism. relative comes from Middle French relatif, from Latin relātīvus, from Latin relātus, perfect passive participle of referō (“to carry back, to ascribe”), from re- (“again”) + ferō (“to bear or carry”). by surface analysis, relate + -ive.
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