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See cultural relativism.

relativism [rel´ah-tiv″izm]

a philosophical system that considers truth to be dependent on individual persons, cultural contexts, times, or places.

cultural relativism the understanding of distinct cultures and lifestyles within the context of each culture; the behaviors of a cultural group are evaluated in the context of that specific culture, from an impartial perspective, rather than according to the standards of some other culture.

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