non-relative
/nɒnˈrɛlətɪv
/adjective
Not considered in relation to something else: non-relative judgements of beauty...
- We confront instead the difficult, non-relative, question as to how best we are to live in harmony with people whose value-judgements differ very greatly from our own.
- A commitment to autonomy, in opposition to this, holds that autonomy is good in a non-relative sense.
- Opinions have differed, however, about non-relative affirmative terms like good and wise.
noun
A person who is not connected by blood or marriage: I’ve never been to a wedding of a non-relative...
- Doctors had warned her that there was only a 30 per cent chance that a non-relative would be a match.
- Fingerprints must be submitted, and a non-relative must swear out an affidavit that the illegal alien was here before January 1, 2007.
- A new cultural openness to adoption, a move toward environmentalism in the human sciences, and the relatively greater availability of public social welfare services resulted in progressively higher rates of non-relative adoptions arranged by agency professionals.