non-relativeadj.n.

1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. ii. §7. i. 53 The fifth leading division of names is into relative and absolute, or let us rather say, relative and non-relative.

1906 Monist 16 512 A Predicate is either non-relative, or a monad..as is ‘black’, [etc.].

1934 Mind 43 202 Such an independence of non~relative properties is what the operationalist theories, with the exception of Mead's, come to.

1991 T. Dant Knowl., Ideol. & Discourse (BNC) 37 Popper argued that a non-relative form of knowledge was available through scientific method which was rational and not determined by the history of culture.

1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. ii. li. §3 Collaterals have no real claims, but in cases which may be just as strong in the case of non-relatives.

1895 P. Gardner Man. Greek Antiq. xvi. 546 Fathers of sons did bequeath by will dowries to their daughters, legacies to illegitimate children, to non-relatives, and to temples.

1954 E. A. Hoebel Law of Primitive Man ii. 25 An aggrieved Yoruk who felt he had a legitimate claim engaged the legal services of two nonrelatives from a community other than his own.

1977 Rolling Stone 30 June 80/3 These fucking jokers are awfully jealous of their prerogatives and reluctant as hell to discuss cases with nonrelatives.

1993 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 Jan. 43/1 The gene-centred argument cannot explain human altruism, which is often directed to non-relatives.

1862 H. Spencer First Princ. i. iv. §26 Unless a real Non-relative or Absolute be postulated, the Relative itself becomes absolute; and so brings the argument to a contradiction.