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ob·jec·tiv·ism
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noun
1.
a tendency to lay
stress
on the
objective
or external elements of cognition.
2.
the tendency, as of a writer, to deal with things external to the mind rather than with thoughts or feelings.
3.
a doctrine characterized by this tendency.
Origin:
1850–55;
objective
+
-ism
Related forms
ob·jec·tiv·ist,
noun,
adjective
ob·jec·ti·vis·tic,
adjective
non·ob·jec·ti·vis·tic,
adjective
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objectivism
(əbˈdʒɛktɪˌvɪzəm)
—
n
1.
the tendency to stress what is objective
2.
philosophy
a. the meta-ethical doctrine that there are certain moral truths that are independent of the attitudes of any individuals
b. the philosophical doctrine that reality is objective, and that sense data correspond with it
ob'jectivist
—
n
, —
adj
objectiv'istic
—
adj
objectiv'istically
—
adv
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objectivism
(əbˈdʒɛktɪˌvɪzəm)
—
n
1.
the tendency to stress what is objective
2.
philosophy
a. the meta-ethical doctrine that there are certain moral truths that are independent of the attitudes of any individuals
b. the philosophical doctrine that reality is objective, and that sense data correspond with it
ob'jectivist
—
n
, —
adj
objectiv'istic
—
adj
objectiv'istically
—
adv
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
objectivism
in philosophical sense of "the doctrine that knowledge is based on objective reality," first attested 1854; from
objective
+
-ism
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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