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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.

Nearby words

  1. relative wind,
  2. relatively,
  3. relatively prime numbers,
  4. relativeness,
  5. relativism,
  6. relativistic,
  7. relativistic mass,
  8. relativistic quantum mechanics,
  9. relativity,
  10. relativize

Origin of relativist

First recorded in 1860–65; relative + -ist
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Examples from the Web for relativist

  • 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

Word Origin and History for relativist

relativist

n.

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

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