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Preferred term

Relativism  

Definition

  • The view that truth, knowledge, right and wrong are not absolute, but relative, and that ethical truths depend upon the individuals or groups holding them

Entry terms

  • Epistemological relativism
  • Ethical relativism
  • RELATIVITY, RELATIVISM

Notation

  • 113143

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-FF72X112-W

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