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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The doctrine that relations between things have a real existence. uncountable
2. 2
   Karl Mannheim's idea, proposed as a response to relativism, that the recognition of different perspectives according to differences in time and social location appears arbitrary only to an abstract and disembodied theory of knowledge. uncountable

Etymology

From relation + -ism.

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