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 Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

, the principle binding the most basic social units of 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)

Economics

* Relative value (economics)

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 * P ...

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 deg ...

'', 1988 Isaac Asimov essay *''

Relative Heroes ''Relative Heroes'' is a limited comic book series published by DC Comics in six issues, from March to October 2000. It revolved around a family of orphaned children who become superheroes. The team first appears in ''Relative Heroes'' #1 (March 20 ...

'', 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 Docto ...

'', 2001 Doctor Who book *''

Relative Dementias The ''Past Doctor Adventures'' (sometimes known by the abbreviation ''PDA'' or ''PDAs'') were a series of spin-off novels based on the long running BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' and published under the BBC Books impri ...

'', 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 The Move ...

'', 1999 compilation album *''

Dead Relatives ''Dead Relatives'' is the fifth full-length album by Canadian Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these con ...

'', 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 full-length ...

'', 2001 music album by ''...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead'' *"Relative", a 2008 song by Gavin DeGraw from his '' eponymous self-titled album''