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relativist

[ rel-uh-tuh-vist ]
/ ˈrɛl ə tə vɪst /
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noun
an adherent or advocate of relativism or of the principle of relativity.
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Origin of relativist

First recorded in 1860–65; relative + -ist

Words nearby relativist

relative temperature scale, relative to, relative topology, relative wind, relativism, relativist, relativistic, relativistic mass, relativistic quantum mechanics, relativity, relativize
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How to use relativist in a sentence

  • The Devil, as Renan has aptly remarked, has chiefly benefited by this relativist point of view.

    Devil Stories|Various

  • In morality, Nietzsche starts out by adopting the position of the relativist.

    Thus Spake Zarathustra|Friedrich Nietzsche
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