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General use

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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 ...
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family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
, 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

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Relativism Relativism is a family of philosophical views which deny claims to objectivity within a particular domain and assert that valuations in that domain are relative to the perspective of an observer or the context in which they are assessed. Ther ...
, 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

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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 Play most commonly refers to: * Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment * Play (theatre), a work of drama Play may refer also to: Computers and technology * Google Play, a digital content service * Play Framework, a Java framework * Pla ...
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It's All Relative ''It's All Relative'' is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from October 1, 2003, until April 20, 2004. The series is about two families in Boston – one lower-class Irish Catholic and the other an upper-class WASP household headed by a gay ...
'', 2003-4 comedy television series *''Intelligence is Relative'', tag line for the 2008 film ''
Burn After Reading ''Burn After Reading'' is a 2008 black comedy spy film written, produced, edited and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. It follows a recently jobless CIA analyst, Osbourne Cox (John Malkovich) whose misplaced memoirs are found by a pair of dimwitte ...
'' * ''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 deg ...
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Relative Heroes ''Relative Heroes'' was a limited comic book series published by DC Comics in six issues, from March 2000 through October 2000. It revolved around a family of orphaned children who become superheroes. The team first appears in ''Relative Heroes'' ...
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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

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Friends & Relatives ''Friends & Relatives'' is a compilation album released by Eagle Records and Purple Pyramid (US) in 1999. The album features songs from various artists that have a common linkage to Electric Light Orchestra, such as The Move and Wizzard ...
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Dead Relatives ''Dead Relatives'' is the fifth full-length album by Canadian singer-songwriter Emm Gryner, released in 2000 on her independent label Dead Daisy Records Emm Gryner (born 8 June 1975 in Sarnia, Ontario) is a Canadian-Filipino singer, songwrit ...
'', 2000 music album by Canadian Emm Gryner *''
Relative Ways ''Relative Ways'' is an EP released by the band ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead for Interscope Records. The 4-song EP was released in late 2001, setting the stage for the early 2002 release of their first major label A record l ...
'', 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 ...
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special Special or specials may refer to: Policing * Specials, Ulster Special Constabulary, the Northern Ireland police force * Specials, Special Constable, an auxiliary, volunteer, or temporary; police worker or police officer Literature * ''Specia ...
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general relativity General relativity, also known as the general theory of relativity and Einstein's theory of gravity, is the geometric theory of gravitation published by Albert Einstein in 1915 and is the current description of gravitation in modern physics ...
, 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")


See also

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Rel (disambiguation) Rel or REL may mean: __NOTOC__ Science and technology * REL, a human gene * the rel descriptor of stereochemistry, see Relative configuration *REL (''Rassemblement Européen pour la Liberté''), European Rally for Liberty, a defunct French far-righ ...
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Relation (disambiguation) Relation or relations may refer to: General uses *International relations, the study of interconnection of politics, economics, and law on a global level *Interpersonal relationship, association or acquaintance between two or more people *Public ...
* Relatives (disambiguation) * Relativity (disambiguation) {{disambiguation