relativism

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishrelativismrel‧a‧tiv‧is‧m /ˈrelətɪvfɪzəm/ noun [uncountable] technical the belief in philosophy that nothing is absolutely true and that things can only be judged in comparison with one anotherExamples from the Corpusrelativism• There are at least three strong arguments against relativism as a stance which it is important that we help pupils to understand.• The problem of epistemological and cultural relativism, amongst other things, looms large here.• Since then I have continued in several pieces of writing to oppose extreme relativism.• Child was of course accepting a degree of relativism which was usually an anathema to philosophers.• Scientific enterprise is undermined by the extreme forms of relativism.• Three of these are of major significance: scientism, relativism and religious intolerance.• Often, therefore, relativism produces, through reaction to it, precisely what it sets out to destroy: increased dogmatism.

单词	relativism
释义	relativism From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishrelativismrel‧a‧tiv‧is‧m /ˈrelətɪvfɪzəm/ noun [uncountable] technical the belief in philosophy that nothing is absolutely true and that things can only be judged in comparison with one anotherExamples from the Corpusrelativism• There are at least three strong arguments against relativism as a stance which it is important that we help pupils to understand.• The problem of epistemological and cultural relativism, amongst other things, looms large here.• Since then I have continued in several pieces of writing to oppose extreme relativism.• Child was of course accepting a degree of relativism which was usually an anathema to philosophers.• Scientific enterprise is undermined by the extreme forms of relativism.• Three of these are of major significance: scientism, relativism and religious intolerance.• Often, therefore, relativism produces, through reaction to it, precisely what it sets out to destroy: increased dogmatism.
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