different between idealism vs relativism
idealism
English
Etymology
First attested 1796, from ideal +? -ism.
Noun
idealism (countable and uncountable, plural idealisms)
- The property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable or at odds with practical life.
- The practice or habit of giving or attributing ideal form or character to things; treatment of things in art or literature according to ideal standards or patterns;—opposed to realism.
- (philosophy) An approach to philosophical enquiry, which asserts that direct and immediate knowledge can only be had of ideas or mental pictures.
- Synonym: philosophical idealism
- Antonym: materialism
Derived terms
- epistemological idealism
- metaphysical idealism
Related terms
- idealist
- idealistic
- idealistically
- perfectionism
Translations
See also
- realism
- pragmatism
- materialism
- physicalism
References
- idealism in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- idealism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Further reading
- "idealism" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 152.
Anagrams
- email IDs, miladies
Romanian
Etymology
From French idéalisme
Noun
idealism n (uncountable)
- idealism
Declension
Related terms
- ideal
- idealist
idealism From the web:
- what idealism means
- what idealism philosophy
- idealism what to teach
- idealism what is real
- what is idealism in education
- what does idealism mean
- what is idealism in international relations
- what is idealism in literature
relativism
English
Etymology
From relative +? -ism.
Noun
relativism (countable and uncountable, plural relativisms)
- (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.
- (countable, philosophy) A specific such theory, advocated by a particular philosopher or school of thought.
- 2008, Paul Boghossian, “Replies to Wright, MacFarlane and Sosa,” Philosophical Studies, vol. 141, no. 3, p. 413:
- Following Gilbert Harman’s lead, my own formulation of relativism about the normative domain was based on the classic examples of thoroughgoing relativisms drawn from physics.
- 2008, Paul Boghossian, “Replies to Wright, MacFarlane and Sosa,” Philosophical Studies, vol. 141, no. 3, p. 413:
Translations
See also
- alternativism
- pragmatism
References
- relativism at OneLook Dictionary Search
- relativism in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- relativism in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Romanian
Etymology
From French relativisme
Noun
relativism n (uncountable)
- relativism
Declension
relativism From the web:
- what relativism means
- what relativism is not
- relativism what does it mean
- relativism what philosophy
- relativism what is wrong
- what cultural relativism is not
- what cultural relativism is
- what cultural relativism is not brainly
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