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objective

objective

238 4.3
Not influenced by personal feelings and based only on facts
  • adjective
  • /əbˈdʒɛktɪv/
translation icon : objetivo
  • 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.

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Examples

  • That is an objective medical observation.

  • How do you do that using objective criteria?

  • And we need to have objective truth in the school.

  • In fact, there is no objective measure of pain.

  • So I wanted to take an objective look at the field.

  • 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.

    Academic text (2015)
  • After all, the power of realism lies precisely in its claims about objective rationality and objective interests.

    Academic text (2015)

Synonyms

factual
vsobjective
112 3.4

Based on real facts and not on opinions or imagination

stresses freedom from personal feelings or opinions rather than only facts
impartial
vsobjective
74 4.2

Not supporting one side and treating people fairly

concerns equal treatment between sides rather than decisions based solely on facts
unbiased
vsobjective
43 4.4

Does not show personal feelings or opinions and treats people fairly

emphasizes impartial fairness more than being strictly based on facts
unprejudiced
vsobjective
1 6.0

Fair and not influenced by personal feelings or opinions when judging people and ideas

focuses on lack of prejudice rather than being strictly based on observable facts
nonbiased
vsobjective
1 4.5

Not favoring one person or group and treating all sides fairly

focuses on being based only on facts rather than broad impartiality
nonsubjective
vsobjective
7.6

Free from personal feelings and based on facts

is the same but does not mention observable evidence explicitly
unbiassed
vsobjective
  • UK
5.8

Does not let personal feelings affect a decision

places emphasis on treating sides equally rather than being only fact based

Antonyms

134 5.9

Based on a person's feelings or opinions rather than facts

91 4.0

Showing unfair favor to one person, group, or side

Compounds

objective lens
  • Specialized
1 3.9

The lens nearest the object in a microscope or telescope that makes the main image

objective case
  • Specialized
1 7.4

The form words like him or them take when they are objects in a sentence

How Objective

dispassionate
  • Formal
14 6.7
objective
238 4.3
impartial
74 4.2
neutral
218 3.6
biased
91 4.0

Surface Forms

objective positive

Morphology

objective = object (semi-transparent) = object + ive

The adjective 'objective' (impartial) is an abstract extension from 'relating to an object' and often understood via contrast with 'subjective', so the relation is not fully direct for learners.

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.