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Relative

Topics referred to by the same term

Relative may refer to:

01General use

  • Kinship and family, the principle binding the most basic social units of society. If two people are connected by circumstances of birth, they are said to be relatives.

02Philosophy

  • Relativism, the concept that points of view have no absolute truth or validity, having only relative, subjective value according to differences in perception and consideration, or relatively, as in the relative value of an object to a person
  • Relative value (philosophy)
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