relativist
pronunciation
How to pronounce relativist in British English:
UK ['relətɪvɪst]
How to pronounce relativist in American English:
US [ˈrɛlətɪvɪst]
Word Origin
- relativist (n.)
- 1857, from relative + -ist. As an adjective from 1914. Related: Relativistic.
Example
- 1. Exile , however , gives perspective , making every emigrant an anthropologist and relativist .
- 2. Oddly enough for a plastic surgeon , pitanguy is an aesthetic relativist .
- 3. Where it 's most diverting is in the field of relativist ethics .
- 4. Moral philosophers , theologians , and social scientists try to identify objective values so as to forestall the relativist menace .
- 5. Universalist , relativist , and constructivist approaches to intercultural ethics .