Rich" is often a relative term, and it is said that many a small millionaire producer has anxiously waited to see whether the great trust would next turn its attention to him.
Scarcity is the condition of value in labor, as it is of value in any good; but scarcity is a relative term.
It is not possible to define luxury absolutely; it is a relative term.
Degrees of power to affect price result from varying extent of control; monopoly is a relative term.
The word Such is a relative term, and always connotes so much of the meaning of some other term.
Respirability (the proprium here discussed) being a relative term, Aristotle demands that the correlate thereof shall be named and included in setting out the proprium.
The source of this embarrassment is commonly the fact that a relative term is often used and conveys clear meaning without its correlate, though the correlate is always implied and understood.
Although this name "Holy Ghost" does not indicate a relation, still it takes the place of a relative term, inasmuch as it is accommodated to signify a Person distinct from the others by relation only.
But this name "Holy Ghost" is not a relative term.
Incompetent is a relative term, denoting a want of the requisite qualifications for performing a given act, service, etc.
Poverty is a relative term; what is poverty to a monarch, would be competence for a day laborer.
Relative term, a term which implies relation to, as guardian to ward, matter to servant, husband to wife.
But there is another kind of relative term, in which the elements related presuppose the relation, and any thought of these elements involves the thought of the relation.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "relative term" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
