relativist
noun [ C ] uk/ˈrel.ə.tɪ.vɪst/ us/ˈrel.ə.tɪ.vɪst/
social science specialized相对主义者，持相对论者
someone who believes that truth and right and wrong can only be judged in relation to other things and that nothing can be true or right in all situations
He confesses to being a moral relativist. 他承认自己是个道德相对主义者。
I do not think one can be a complete relativist in art. 我认为一个人在艺术上不可能是一个完全的相对主义者。
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- Relativists hold that religious texts written centuries ago must be interpreted within the cultural and historical context of their times.
- They conduct their affairs as practical relativists.
- She was a relativist who believed truth was dispensable.
relativist
adjective uk/ˈrel.ə.tɪ.vɪst/ us/ˈrel.ə.tɪ.vɪst/
social science specialized相对主义的，相对论的
based on the belief that truth and right and wrong can only be judged in relation to other things and that nothing can be true or right in all situations
Postmodernism supports a relativist concept of truth. 后现代主义支持相对主义的真理观。
We evaluate behaviour from a relativist perspective. 我们从相对主义的角度来评估行为。
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- But we have not done well, even by that relativist standard.
- The adoption of a relativist position may lead to contradictions.
- These three arguments have a relativist tendency, in the sense that they question our capacity to achieve total and final truth.