Synonyms for relativism
ˈrɛl ə təˌvɪz əmrel·a·tivism

Princeton's WordNet

1. relativismnoun

   (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that all criteria of judgment are relative to the individuals and situations involved

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1. • Philosophical Doctrine
   • Philosophy

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1. Geert Wilders:

   I hope Donald Trump becomes America's next president, such a victory would be good for Europe. America and Europe are threatened by the same danger of cultural relativism and Islam.

2. Paul Johnson:

   If you depart from moral absolutes, you go into a bottomless pit. Communism and Naziism were catastrophic evils which both derived from moral relativism. Their differences were minor compared to their similarities.

3. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

   Communism, avowedly secularistic and materialistic, has no place for God. This I could never accept,... I strongly disagreed with Communism’s ethical relativism… there are no fixed, immutable principles; consequently, almost anything—force, violence, murder, lying—is a justifiable means to the ‘millennial’ end.

4. Pope Francis:

   The family is threatened by growing efforts on the part of some to redefine the very institution of marriage, by relativism, by the culture of the ephemeral, by a lack of openness to life, let's think of the nuclear arms, of the possibility to annihilate in a few instants a very high number of human beings.