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relativist

[rel-uh-tuh-vist]

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noun

an adherent or advocate of relativism or of the principle of relativity.

Origin of relativist

First recorded in 1860–65; relative + -ist

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Examples from the Web for relativist

Historical Examples of relativist

In morality, Nietzsche starts out by adopting the position of the relativist.
Thus Spake Zarathustra
Friedrich Nietzsche
The Devil, as Renan has aptly remarked, has chiefly benefited by this relativist point of view.
Devil Stories
Various

Word Origin and History for relativist

n.

1857, from relative + -ist. As an adjective from 1914. Related: Relativistic.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper