Presumably the opposite of CulturalRelativism... also probably applies tongue-in-cheek, as in this, from TimeToDoItOver: ''"I think CulturalRelativism has finally overloaded my circuits and I ought to try ParochialAbsolutism for a while :-) --AlistairCockburn'' ----- However, ParochialAbsolutism does confer the advantage of smug security, which is probably worth a whole lot in terms of minutes of happiness over a lifetime. (still somewhat tongue-in-cheek) --AlistairCockburn