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Moral relativism

Moral relativism is the philosophy that there are no objective moral standards at any place or any time
Mark:Murder is objectively wrong

John:that's not true sometimes murder is morally justified

Mark:How?!
John: well in my moral relativism nothing is objectively right or wrong.

cultural relativism 

The idea that a person's beliefs should not be used to judge another culture.
Person 1: That country is disgusting with their ritual baby murders, female genital mutalation, and torturing of innocent people.

Person 2: Man, you have no cultural relativism! Don't use your humanitarian values to judge another culture!

Relativism 

A worldview common in the West (but held by very few philosophers) which people arive at after very little actual thought. Consists of the notion that there is no single objective truth, and that no one can say anything is true.

Ironically, no one who adheres to relativism can say that relativism is true.
Smart person: "How can you objectively claim that there are no objective claims?"

Relativist: *brain melts* "Stop persecuting me, you xenophobe!"
Relativism by Grim Winnebago January 9, 2004

Relativism 

It's relative to the person asking the definition..
Relativism pretty much means What is true for me is true for me and what is true for you is true for you..
Relativism by thesquareof4 August 14, 2012

relativistic 

moving at an extremely high velocity.

From the Special Theory of Relativity published in 1905 by Albert Einstein and his expression e=mc^2.

Although this term is strictly a hyperbole, since only very small particles in lab accelerators can approach the speed of light, it's use can be an appropriate exaggeration in certain cases.
I just got passed by an R1, he was relativistic!
relativistic by paulvmunix July 21, 2008

uber-relativism 

a self defining word for those so far left that they have fallen off the acceptance end of relativistic scale that they are now no longer capable of discerning between any two things.
Uber-relativism describes people that are so wishy washy that they can no longer tell right from wrong because either way something will be "discriminated" against
uber-relativism by SethHuhn May 2, 2011