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The comment or assertion 'all truth is relative' is self-defeating in several ways which are similar although stated a little differently.

If truth is relative then the statement that truth is relative cannot itself be absolute and therefore true objectively.

Also, as correctly suggested in the question 'truth is relative' is itself a self-contradictory absolute statement which cannot be true if truth is indeed relative.

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