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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King