objectivity
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dʒɪkˈtɪv
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objective (əbˈdʒɛktɪv) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | existing independently of perception or an individual's conceptions: are there objective moral values? |
| 2. | undistorted by emotion or personal bias |
| 3. | of or relating to actual and external phenomena as opposed to thoughts, feelings, etc |
| 4. | med (of disease symptoms) perceptible to persons other than the individual affected |
| 5. | grammar See also accusative denoting a case of nouns and pronouns, esp in languages having only two cases, that is used to identify the direct object of a finite verb or preposition and for various other purposes. In English the objective case of pronouns is also used in many elliptical constructions (as in Poor me! Who, him?), as the subject of a gerund (as in It was me helping him), informally as a predicate complement (as in It's me), and in nonstandard use as part of a compound subject (as in John, Larry, and me went fishing) |
| 6. | of, or relating to a goal or aim |
| —n | |
| 7. | the object of one's endeavours; goal; aim |
| 8. | military Also called: objective point a place or position towards which forces are directed |
| 9. | an actual phenomenon; reality |
| 10. | grammar |
| a. the objective case | |
| b. a word or speech element in the objective case | |
| 11. | optics Also called: object glass |
| a. the lens or combination of lenses nearest to the object in an optical instrument | |
| b. the lens or combination of lenses forming the image in a camera or projector | |
| objectival | |
| —adj | |
| ob'jectively | |
| —adv | |
| objec'tivity | |
| —n | |
| ob'jectiveness | |
| —n | |
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Objectivity
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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Example sentences
He is adhering to the professional code of journalism: reporting facts with scrupulous neutrality and objectivity.
The problem is, in practice, the bar for objectivity always gets raised higher.
So, their desire to make it work economically trumped their objectivity.
Science and traditional journalism have an important principle in common: the concept of objectivity.
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