relationism

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noun

The doctrine that relations between things have a real existence.

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Meanings

nounrelationism (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesThe doctrine that relations between things have a real existence.
  2. uncountablehuman sciencesKarl 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.

Origin

From relation + -ism.

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Anagrams

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