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cultural relativism  

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  • Cultural relativism is the concept that actions in a specific culture should not be judged based on the values of another culture. Cultural relativism is the opposite of ethnocentrism, in which members of one culture believe that their standards are better than those of all other cultures (Goldstein, 2000, p. [Source: Dictionary of Multicultural Psychology: Issues, Terms, and Concepts; Cultural Relativism]

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