objective
- adjective
- /əbˈdʒɛktɪv/
- The committee strives to provide an objective analysis of the data, free from bias.
- objective measures
- objective and subjective
- objective test
And we need to have objective truth in the school.
- And we need to have objective truth in the school.
- In fact, there is no objective measure of pain.
- That's a test for telling whether you're being objective in your praising.
- So that there is no such thing as objective moral right or wrong.
- And therefore I'm objective on every case that I report.
- I am wildly not objective about Star Wars.
- So yes, that objective view always, always helps.
- You think there are objective facts about what goals are worth pursuing.
- Not like in the old days when objective reason was ruling the roost.
- But I think I try to be as objective as I can when I can.
- So it's skepticism about objective truth and universal values.
- It is a pathway from where you are to objective truths about the natural world.
- But I try to be as objective as I could, which is not much.
Examples
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That is an objective medical observation.
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How do you do that using objective criteria?
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And we need to have objective truth in the school.
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In fact, there is no objective measure of pain.
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So I wanted to take an objective look at the field.
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Signs, on the other hand, provide objective evidence of the presence of disease.
Academic text (2011) -
A particular difficulty in this field of research is obtaining objective measures over many months.
Academic text (2015) -
Modern social science seeks to produce objective theory that can be challenged on the basis of data.
Academic text (2012) -
A key strength of this study was the use of objective means to measure MVPA.
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After all, the power of realism lies precisely in its claims about objective rationality and objective interests.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
Based on real facts and not on opinions or imagination
Not supporting one side and treating people fairly
Does not show personal feelings or opinions and treats people fairly
Fair and not influenced by personal feelings or opinions when judging people and ideas
Not favoring one person or group and treating all sides fairly
Free from personal feelings and based on facts
Does not let personal feelings affect a decision
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
The lens nearest the object in a microscope or telescope that makes the main image
- Specialized
The form words like him or them take when they are objects in a sentence
How Objective
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Objective meaning not influenced by feelings comes from the root object 'thing' you look at, so it means focusing on the facts rather than your feelings. That is why to be objective is to judge by facts, not by opinion.