In philosophy|lang=en terms the difference between realism and relationism
is that
realism is (philosophy) a doctrine that universals are real—they exist and are distinct from the particulars that instantiate them while
relationism is (philosophy) (
karl mannheim)'s idea, proposed as a response to relativism, that the recognition of different perspectives according to differences in time and social location appears arbitrary only to an abstract and disembodied theory of knowledge.
As nouns the difference between realism and relationism
is that
realism is a concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary while
relationism is (philosophy) (
karl mannheim)'s idea, proposed as a response to relativism, that the recognition of different perspectives according to differences in time and social location appears arbitrary only to an abstract and disembodied theory of knowledge.