Associations to the word «Relativism»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

RELATIVISM, noun. (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that all criteria of judgment are relative to the individuals and situations involved.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne