relativist
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of relativist
Example Sentences
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All of these relativist tools have been on display in the last week.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025
My brother accused me of being a moral relativist.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2023
Many people interpreted Dr. Latour’s position as relativist — as asserting that there was no such thing as objective truth.
From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2022
In the other study, participants who had been exposed to relativist ideas were less likely to donate to charity than those who had been exposed to objectivist ones.
From Scientific American • Oct. 16, 2019
I have no great quarrel with those who wish to read Wittgenstein as a relativist, providing they do not use this reading to justify a relativist history of science.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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