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Victo Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

It's All Relative or It's All Subjective

What does it mean when somebody says 'it's all (everything's) relative? Could you kindly give a couple of brief examples of its usage? Thank you.
  

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victo it's all (everything's) relative It is not an absolute, but is in comparison only to a local norm. You think you're poor? Then take a look at the skid row bums living in the sewers downtown.

— Mister Micawber

  • victo it's all (everything's) relative It is not an absolute, but is in comparison only to a local norm.
  • You think you're poor?
  • Then take a look at the skid row bums living in the sewers downtown.
  • Everything is relative.
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victoit's all (everything's) relative
It is not an absolute, but is in comparison only to a local norm.

You think you're poor? Then take a look at the skid row bums living in the sewers downtown. Everything is relative.
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