Explore Relativist through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Relativist in a sentence
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Relativist meaning
- One who follows, believes or espouses relativism.
- One who studies, or contributes to, or uses, the theory of relativity
Using Relativist
- The main meaning on this page is: One who follows, believes or espouses relativism. | One who studies, or contributes to, or uses, the theory of relativity
- In the example corpus, relativist often appears in combinations such as: the relativist, moral relativist, relativist fallacy.
Context around Relativist
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Relativist
- In this selection, "relativist" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, moral, choose, means, fallacy, orientation and vein stand out and add context to how "relativist" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 6 the relativist categories are and a descriptive relativist about some. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "relativist" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with relativist
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
That is, it does not require a relativist to sacrifice his or her values. (14 words)
China presents a different set of political and cultural values that seem to have a relativist orientation. (17 words)
For taking this stance, Shulevitz characterizes Fish as "not the unprincipled relativist he's accused of being. (17 words)
But it does require anyone engaged in a consideration of rights and morals to reflect on how their own enculturation has shaped their views: :There is no reason why the relativist should be paralyzed, as critics have often asserted. (39 words)
On any interpretation of the fallacy, in determining whether the relativist fallacy has been committed, one should distinguish between things which are true for a particular person, and things which are true about that person. (35 words)
But, in the same pick-and-choose relativist vein, when the truth of an old man who can’t stand up to the task anymore must be acknowledged, it is acknowledged forthwith. (32 words)
Example sentences (16)
China presents a different set of political and cultural values that seem to have a relativist orientation.
But, in the same pick-and-choose relativist vein, when the truth of an old man who can’t stand up to the task anymore must be acknowledged, it is acknowledged forthwith.
Stages 5 and 6, the relativist categories are more sophisticated and the last stage is the most complex.
Boas's student Alfred Kroeber described the rise of the relativist perspective thus: Kroeber, Alfred (1948) "Anthropology" p. 11. Harcourt and Brace, New York.
But it does require anyone engaged in a consideration of rights and morals to reflect on how their own enculturation has shaped their views: :There is no reason why the relativist should be paralyzed, as critics have often asserted.
Despite the explicit common referrals to "subjective" reason in the book, his frequent connecting of it with relativism could be an indication that by "subjective reason" Horkheimer also means "relativist reason".
Dürer rejected Alberti's concept of an objective beauty, proposing a relativist notion of beauty based on variety.
For instance, the moral relativist can only appeal to preference to object to the practice of murder or torture by individuals for hedonistic pleasure.
For taking this stance, Shulevitz characterizes Fish as "not the unprincipled relativist he's accused of being.
For the relativist, there is no more to truth than the right context, or the right personal or cultural belief, so there is a lot of truth in the world.
It is possible for an anthropologist in his or her fieldwork to be a descriptive relativist about some things that typically concern the philosopher (e.
On any interpretation of the fallacy, in determining whether the relativist fallacy has been committed, one should distinguish between things which are true for a particular person, and things which are true about that person.
On the one hand, those discussions of the relativist fallacy which make the fallacy out to be identical to relativism (e.
That is, it does not require a relativist to sacrifice his or her values.
That is not a relativist's position, and it displays the sense in which I am a convinced believer in scientific progress.
The moral relativist might respond that their conception of morality (as being capable only of describing preferences) is more accurate, regardless of the practical use of this conception.
Common combinations with relativist
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: