objectivist
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- noun
- /ˌɑbˈdʒɛktɪvɪst/
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objetivista
- An objectivist believes that certain truths exist independently of personal feelings.
Examples
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If it turned out that morality was independent of human explicit expectations and contracts, choices, and commitments, then we could call ourselves objectivists about morality, just as we can call ourselves objectivists about colors.
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Paul Ryan and every other objectivist asshole should read The Jungle and How the Other Half Lives.
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What's more, if Ryan is a "big government" guy, then he isn't much of an objectivist, now is he?
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The objectivists and the subjectivists.
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Feminists, I learned, argue like conservatives, creationists, and objectivists.
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As an apostate from objectivism and a heretic, I've a unique understanding of why and how objectivists got the concept of God so wrong.
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And those 'objectivists' who follow her think that the alternative to Rand is pure socialism or Soviet-style communism.
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If it turned out that morality was independent of human explicit expectations and contracts, choices, and commitments, then we could call ourselves objectivists about morality, just as we can call ourselves objectivists about colors.
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Additionally, the message that can be derived from Atlas Shrugged is a different message than that of Rand's objectivist philosophy, which is also a different message than that of the Tea and Libertarian parties.
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We've already got libertarians, Libertarians, free state people, Paultards, objectivists—throwing some anarchists into the mix isn't about to ruin the group.
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Synonyms
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9.5
A person who supports Ayn Rand's ideas about individual rights and free markets
Antonyms
- Specialized
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9.9
A person who believes truth and values depend on personal experience or perception
Surface Forms
Morphology
objectivist = objectivism (semi-transparent) = object + ive + ist
The step from the noun 'objectivism' to 'objectivist' (an adherent or relating adjective) is a straightforward formation using '-ist'.
Etymology
Objectivist comes from the name of the philosophy Objectivism (by Ayn Rand) and from objective which means 'a thing' or 'fact'. So an objectivist is a follower of those ideas who believes truth and values are separate from personal feelings.