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Relativism vs Relevance - What's the difference?

relativism | relevance |

As nouns the difference between relativism and relevance

is that relativism is (uncountable|philosophy) the theory, especially in ethics or aesthetics, that conceptions of truth and moral values are not absolute but are relative to the persons or groups holding them while relevance is the property or state of being relevant or pertinent.

relativism

Noun

  • (uncountable, philosophy) The theory, especially in ethics or aesthetics, that conceptions of truth and moral values are not absolute but are relative to the persons or groups holding them.
  • (countable, philosophy) A specific such theory, advocated by a particular philosopher or school of thought.
  • * 2008 , Paul Boghossian, “Replies to Wright, MacFarlane and Sosa,” Philosophical Studies , vol. 141, no. 3, p. 413:
  • Following Gilbert Harman’s lead, my own formulation of relativism' about the normative domain was based on the classic examples of thoroughgoing ' relativisms drawn from physics.

    See also

    * alternativism * pragmatism

    relevance

    English

    Alternative forms

    * relevancy (much less common)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The property or state of being relevant or pertinent.
  • Synonyms

    * bearing * pertinence

    Antonyms

    * irrelevance