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cultural relativism

principle that cultures should be understood and evaluated on their own terms and not by universal or outsider standards
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cultural relativism

Summary

cultural relativism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (830 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • cultural relativism is a type of relativism[2].
  • cultural relativism's said to be the same as is recorded as moral relativism[3].
  • cultural relativism's described by source is recorded as Soziolinguistika Hiztegia[4].
  • cultural relativism's different from is recorded as moral relativism[5].
  • cultural relativism's studied by is recorded as sociolinguistics[6].
  • cultural relativism's has part is recorded as moral relativism[7].
  • cultural relativism's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Human rights[8].

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Definition and Type

cultural relativism is a type of relativism[2].

Why It Matters

cultural relativism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (830 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9]

Related Entities

sociolinguistics

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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