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objectivistic

objectivistic

9.6
An approach that uses facts, not feelings
  • adjective
  • /ˌɑbˈdʒɛktɪˈvɪstɪk/
  • Formal
translation icon : objetivista
  • Philosophers who adopt an objectivistic approach strive to understand reality based on observable facts.
  • objectivistic and relativistic

Examples

  • This may prove difficult for teachers who follow the objectivistic philosophy because, according to Hewson et al. and Hollingsworth, "Teachers' preconceptions about teaching and learning are not easily changed" (Shymansky, 1992, p. 55).

    Academic text (1994)
  • Dewey rejected objectivistic conceptions of knowing, or what he called "the spectator view of knowing."

    Academic text (1991)
  • In this essay, I ask where one belongs if knowing, whether scientific or theological, is not to become objectivistic, relativistic, or hegemonic.

    Academic text (1998)
  • As suggested above, such disincarnate and ultimately gnostic images of the self give us distorted epistemologies that remain trapped in the objectivistic/relativistic dichotomies.

    Academic text (1998)
  • This assumption, which can also be called the objectivistic assumption of knowing, derives from the now notorious Cartesian separation of the subject from the object, where the subject is seen as the sole repository of mind and consciousness, which stands against a mind-independent, objective world.

    Academic text (1992)
  • As indicated earlier, such an alternative, like the objectivistic/relativistic dualism itself, is both ethical and epistemological because it locates the knower in a particular place (ethos), a place that shapes how and what one comes to know.

    Academic text (1998)
  • In developing a curriculum, the educators aimed to incorporate objectivistic principles to ensure a fair assessment of student performance.

  • The research paper critiques the objectivistic view that all knowledge is derived from empirical evidence.

Synonyms

objective
vsobjectivistic
238 4.3

Not influenced by personal feelings and based only on facts

also names a particular philosophical doctrine rather than just being factual
Objectivist
vsobjectivistic
  • Jargon
1 9.4

Relating to the ideas of Ayn Rand that value reason and individual rights

covers that doctrine but also refers to a general unbiased analytical approach

How Objective

objectivistic
  • Formal
9.6
objective
238 4.3
subjective
134 5.9

Surface Forms

objectivistic positive

Morphology

objectivistic = objective (transparent) = object + ive + istic

The adjective is a regular formation meaning 'relating to being objective' or 'relating to objectivism', a clear adjectival derivation from 'objective'.

Etymology

Objectivistic comes from objective, and objective comes from object meaning 'a thing', so imagine looking at a single thing clearly instead of through your feelings. That's why objectivistic describes a fact-based, 'not personal' way of thinking or analysis.