Elativelike
Elativelike is a term used in linguistic semantics to describe a class of expressions whose evaluative meaning is inherently relative to a chosen standard or comparison class rather than an absolute scale. The central idea is that the truth conditions of elativelike predicates depend on contextual information that specifies which objects form the relevant baseline.
Semantically, elativelike expressions are often gradable and rely on a scale whose threshold can shift with
Cross-linguistically, languages vary in how explicitly they encode the comparison class. Some require overt markers or
Relation to other concepts: elativelike predicates are related to relative adjectives, context-dependent evaluatives, and gradable predicates.
Limitations and status: elativelike is a relatively informal label in current usage, not yet universally standardized.
Further reading in semantic theory and pragmatics provides broader discussion of context, scales, and evaluation.