1865, in philosophy, from relative (adj.) + -ism. Compare relativist.

A philosophy which deems truth to be a function of cultural concepts and contexts, dependent on individual persons, times, or places.

Relativism, as a philosophical stance, posits that a single "point of view" does not possess any absolute truth but possesses only a relative and subjective truth in relation to other points [..]

The notion that truth and knowledge are relative to particular times and places. See embodied knowledge, situatedness.

(n) (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that all criteria of judgment are relative to the individuals and situations involved

Term used to characterise philosophical trends which exaggerate the relativity of knowledge, to the point of rejecting any objective basis for knowledge or any sense in which one statement could be ‘m [..]

If you have a relativist outlook you believe that areas of knowledge (such as history and ethics) have malleable truths that depend on the perspective of the person or society studying them. It refute [..]

the theory, relevant in a number of different spheres, that conceptions of truth and moral values are not absolute but vary with individuals and their environment, thus rejecting the idea of a single [..]

the concept that a cultural system can be viewed only in terms of the principles, background, frame of reference, and history that characterize it.

The philosophical view that conceptions of truth and moral values are not absolute but are relative to the Persons or groups holding them. (from American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4 [..]

the theory that truth is an ethical relative to the individual or group that holds it (Barbour: p. 66) religious pluralism

In ethics, there are two main type of relativism. Descriptive ethical relativism simply claims as a matter of fact that different people have different moral beliefs, but it takes no stand on whether [..]

(uncountable,philosophy) The theory, especially in ethics or aesthetics, that conceptions of truth and moral values are not absolute but are relative to the persons or groups holding them. (counta [..]