different between relativise vs relativism

English

Verb

relativise (third-person singular simple present relativises, present participle relativising, simple past and past participle relativised)

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of relativize.

Anagrams

• revitalise

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: relativisent, relativises

Verb

relativise

1. first-person singular present indicative of relativiser
2. third-person singular present indicative of relativiser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of relativiser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of relativiser
5. second-person singular imperative of relativiser

English

Etymology

From relative +? -ism.

Noun

relativism (countable and uncountable, plural relativisms)

1. (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.
2. (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.

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)

1. relativism

Declension