objectivism

[ uhb-jek-tuh-viz-uhm ]

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.

  1. a doctrine characterized by this tendency.

Origin of objectivism

1
First recorded in 1850–55; objective + -ism

Other words from objectivism

  • ob·jec·tiv·ist, noun, adjective
  • ob·jec·ti·vis·tic, adjective
  • non·ob·jec·ti·vis·tic, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for objectivism

objectivism

/ (əbˈdʒɛktɪˌvɪzəm) /


noun
  1. the tendency to stress what is objective

  2. philosophy

    • the meta-ethical doctrine that there are certain moral truths that are independent of the attitudes of any individuals

    • the philosophical doctrine that reality is objective, and that sense data correspond with it

Derived forms of objectivism

  • objectivist, noun, adjective
  • objectivistic, adjective
  • objectivistically, adverb

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