Relative may refer to:

General use

Kinship In anthropology, kinship is the web of social relationships that form an important part of the lives of all humans in all societies, although its exact meanings even within this discipline are often debated. Anthropologist Robin Fox says that ...

and family, the principle binding the most basic social units society. If two people are connected by circumstances of birth, they are said to be ''relatives''

Philosophy

* Relativism, the concept that points of view have no absolute truth or validity, having only relative, subjective value according to differences in perception and consideration, or relatively, as in the relative value of an object to a person *

Relative value (philosophy) In ethics and social sciences, value denotes the degree of importance of something or action, with the aim of determining which actions are best to do or what way is best to live ( normative ethics in ethics), or to describe the significance of di ...

Economics

Relative value (economics) In finance, relative value is the attractiveness measured in terms of risk, liquidity, and return of one financial instrument relative to another, or for a given instrument, of one maturity relative to another. The concept arises in economics, bu ...

Popular culture

Film and television

* ''Relatively Speaking'' (1965 play), 1965 British play * ''Relatively Speaking'' (game show), late 1980s television game show * ''Everything's Relative'' (episode)#Yu-Gi-Oh! (Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters), 2000 Japanese anime ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters'' episode *'' Relative Values'', 2000 film based on the play of the same name. *'' It's All Relative'', 2003-4 comedy television series *''Intelligence is Relative'', tag line for the 2008 film '' Burn After Reading'' * ''Relative'' (film), a 2022 drama/comedy feature film

Literature

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The Relativity of Wrong ''The Relativity of Wrong'' is a 1988 collection of seventeen essays on science by American writer and scientist Isaac Asimov. The book explores and contrasts the viewpoint that "all theories are proven wrong in time", arguing that there exist degr ...

'', 1988 Isaac Asimov essay *'' Relative Heroes'', 2000 DC comic book series *''

Time and Relative ''Time and Relative'' is an original novella written by Kim Newman and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Set shortly before the first televised ''Doctor Who'' story, it features the First Doctor a ...

'', 2001 Doctor Who book *''

Relative Dementias ''Relative Dementias'' is a BBC Books original novel written by Mark Michalowski and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It features the Seventh Doctor and Ace. Ace's name Ace's full name is given ...

'', 2002 Doctor Who book series

Music

*'' Friends & Relatives'', 1999 compilation album *'' Dead Relatives'', 2000 music album by Canadian Emm Gryner *'' Relative Ways'', 2001 music album by ''...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead''

Physics

Relative is a term used in physics, and especially in

Galilean Generically, a Galilean (; he, גלילי; grc, Γαλιλαίων; la, Galilaeos) is an inhabitant of Galilee, a region of Israel surrounding the Sea of Galilee (Kinneret). The New Testament notes that the Apostle Peter's accent gave him a ...

, special and general relativity, to denote that something is dependent on a reference frame, or that it is taken specifically in a given reference frame ("its velocity relative to the cow is 15.5m/s", "time and Space are relative, not fixed")