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ob⋅jec⋅tiv⋅i⋅ty

  [ob-jik-tiv-i-tee, -jek-]
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–noun
1. the state or quality of being objective: He tries to maintain objectivity in his judgment.
2. intentness on objects external to the mind.
3. external reality.
Origin:
1795–1805; objective + -ity
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ob·jec·tiv·i·ty   (ŏb'jěk-tĭv'ĭ-tē)   
n.  
  1. The state or quality of being objective.
  2. External or material reality.
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Objectivity

Ob`jec*tiv"i*ty\, n. [Cf.F. objectivit['e].] The state, quality, or relation of being objective; character of the object or of the objective.

The calm, the cheerfulness, the disinterested objectivity have disappeared [in the life of the Greeks]. --M. Arnold.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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