objectivism

[ uhb-jek-tuh-viz-uhm ]

/ əbˈdʒɛk təˌvɪz əm /

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noun

a tendency to lay stress on the objective or external elements of cognition.

the tendency, as of a writer, to deal with things external to the mind rather than with thoughts or feelings.

a doctrine characterized by this tendency.

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Origin of objectivism

First recorded in 1850–55; objective + -ism

OTHER WORDS FROM objectivism

ob·jec·tiv·ist, noun, adjectiveob·jec·ti·vis·tic, adjectivenon·ob·jec·ti·vis·tic, adjective

Words nearby objectivism

objective point, objective prism, objective relativism, objective spirit, objective test, objectivism, objectivity, objectivize, object language, object lens, objectless

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How to use objectivism in a sentence

In the abstract, these harsh truths steer the soul perilously close to selfishness or, worse, Objectivism.
Big Business Bullies Americans into the Machinery of Common Core|James Poulos|March 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They are lower than any pragmatists, and what they hold against Objectivism is morality.
Objectivists Shrugged|Noah Kristula-Green|June 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Any objectivity about the founder of Objectivism is impossible.
Capitalism's Wicked Witch|Allen Barra|November 27, 2009|DAILY BEAST
There are also undeniable hints of Objectivism in fashions that celebrated the profligacy of the 1980s and of the pre-bust 2000s.
Ayn Rand Power Dressing|Rebecca Dana|October 18, 2009|DAILY BEAST

Religious objectivism has two passives, two modes in which God is thought.
The Essence of Christianity|Ludwig Feuerbach
Seen at different angles, it is now dualism, now objectivism, now agnosticism.
The Will to Doubt|Alfred H. Lloyd
A purely mechanical procedure is the inevitable, the natural and necessary method of a pure objectivism.
The Will to Doubt|Alfred H. Lloyd
Objectivism in its absolutist and abstract forms assumes a standard—nature, essence, law—independent of process.
Creative Intelligence|John Dewey, Addison W. Moore, Harold Chapman Brown, George H. Mead, Boyd H. Bode, Henry Waldgrave, Stuart James, Hayden Tufts, Horace M. Kallen
On the other hand, the objectivism of his point of view brought a new element into my too concentrated habit of thought.
Reminiscences, 1819-1899|Julia Ward Howe.

British Dictionary definitions for objectivism

objectivism

/ (əbˈdʒɛktɪˌvɪzəm) /

noun

the tendency to stress what is objective

philosophy

the meta-ethical doctrine that there are certain moral truths that are independent of the attitudes of any individuals
the philosophical doctrine that reality is objective, and that sense data correspond with it

Derived forms of objectivism

objectivist, noun, adjectiveobjectivistic, adjectiveobjectivistically, adverb

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