relaxivism 

relaxivism

re-lax-iv-ism

n. Relaxivism is the use of reason and logic to calm a fellow citizen who has become alarmed or agitated by prophecies put forward by special interest groups. Relaxivism strives to remove hysteria and emotion from debates and to replace it with rationality and skepticism.

Professor Brown, a leading relaxivist researcher, is teaching a course in relaxivism to help students control their stress responses to those issues discussed in the mainstream public narrative that use stridency and buzzwords but which are are short on empirical evidence.

relaxivism by Beliaik February 5, 2017

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.

Moral relativism by The real Jester August 21, 2016

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!

cultural relativism by jeffreykittens February 23, 2007

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

relaxivist 

re-lax-iv-ist

n. A proponent or practitioner of relaxivism: one who chooses not to be alarmed about issues promoted by ideologues as something to be alarmed about.

adj.
1. Of, relating to, or engaged in relaxivism.
2. Of, relating to, or being an relaxivist.

Professor Brown, a leading relaxivist researcher, is teaching a course in relaxivism to help students control their stress responses to those issues discussed in the mainstream public narrative that use stridency and buzzwords but which are are short on empirical evidence.

relaxivist by Beliaik February 3, 2017