It is said that something, a situation or a thing is relative when it is not absolute, when it can be subject or prone to some change according to external aspects or the conditions that appear at a given moment.
When something is not absolute or it is not what it shows
Also, when an issue may not always be what it is or represents, but will largely depend on where it is being looked at, it is also spoken in terms of something relative.
For example, in Western culture to say that monogamy should be the form of relationship of all couples is correct, on the other hand, saying the same in a culture such as the Arab is not the same, since in these geographical places it is common to polygamy between individuals.
Therefore, life is made up of relative situations or issues, which may be here, but not there.
That linked to something or the little amount or intensity of something
Likewise, the word allows mentioning that which maintains an association with something or someone. "The company is having severe problems regarding internal communication."
Undoubtedly, this is the use that we give the most to the word at hand.
On the other hand, the term is used to indicate little or little intensity.
Grammar: pronoun that refers to a person or thing that has already been mentioned
And in Grammar it designates that pronoun that refers to a person or a thing that has already been mentioned.
That controversial
Another use that we usually see with recurrence of this concept is to express that something is controversial and that therefore it can be questioned and discussed. Because something relative, as we have already seen, is not absolute, then, when faced with the discussion of a topic, the subjectivity of each of those who participate in the discussion will appear, and the position of each one should be considered as relative and not as a absolute truth about the subject.
Meanwhile, when the concept is applied to a circumstance or situation, it will imply that it can be modified in some aspect over time, that is, it is clear that said circumstance is not immovable nor is it eternal that does not allow changes, but rather everything. otherwise it is permeable to modifications over time.
Use associated with the theory of Relativity
Another use of the word can be referred to the theory of Relativity published opportunely by the scientist Albert Einstein, in 1905 and which proposes that the physical events that take place in time and space have a relative location with respect to the state of who appreciates them. For example, the length of a moving object is far from invariable.
Philosophical relativism: there are no universally valid truths
For its part, relativism is a philosophical position which considers that in certain aspects or situations there are no universal facts or principles shared by all human cultures.. Meanwhile, in most cases the discussions about the relativism of things are centered on particular aspects, for which there will be a cultural relativism, a moral relativism and even a linguistic relativism, among others.
As the main issue, relativism defends that There are no universally valid truths, since the statement in question will depend more than anything on conditions or the context of the person who is affirming this or that situation.
