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Noun [English]

Forms: relativisms [plural]
Etymology: From relative + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|relative|ism}} relative + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} relativism (countable and uncountable, plural relativisms)
  1. (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. Tags: uncountable Translations (theory that truth and moral values are relative): relativisme [masculine] (Afrikaans), نِسْبَوِيَّة (nisbawiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), ռելյատիվիզմ (ṙelyativizm) (Armenian), релятивизм (relyativizm) (Bashkir), relativisme [masculine] (Catalan), 相對主義 /相对主义 (xiāngduìzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), relativismus [masculine] (Czech), relativismi (Finnish), suhteellisuusajattelu (Finnish), relativisme [masculine] (French), relativismo [masculine] (Galician), Relativismus [masculine] (German), coibhneasacht [feminine] (Irish), relativismo [masculine] (Italian), 相対主義 (sōtaishugi) (alt: そうたいしゅぎ) (Japanese), релятивизм (relätivizm) (Kazakh), релятивизм (relyativizm) (Kyrgyz), relativisme (Malay), nisbiah (Malay), relativisme [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), relatywizm [masculine] (Polish), relativismo [masculine] (Portuguese), relativism (Romanian), релятиви́зм (reljativízm) [masculine] (Russian), relativizam [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), релативизам [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), relativismo [masculine] (Spanish)
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  2. (countable, philosophy) A specific such theory, advocated by a particular philosopher or school of thought. Tags: countable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cognitive relativism, factual relativism, moral relativism Related terms: alternativism, pragmatism Coordinate_terms: subjectivism

Noun [Romanian]

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], relativism [accusative, indefinite, nominative], relativismul [accusative, definite, nominative], relativism [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite], relativismului [definite, error-unrecognized-form], relativismule [vocative]
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  1. relativism Tags: neuter, uncountable
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