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objective
adj
    1a. Not depending on, or influenced by, personal opinions or prejudices;
      Thesaurus: detached, dispassionate, impartial, open-minded, disinterested, judicial, equitable, even-handed, fair, unprejudiced, sober; Antonym: biased, subjective.
    1b. Relating to external facts, etc as opposed to internal thoughts or feelings.
    2a. philos.
      Having existence outside the mind;
    2b. philos.3a. grammar.
      Said of a case or word: indicating the object;
    3b. grammar.
      Said of a case or word: in the relation of object to a verb or proposition.
    4. medicine.
      Said of symptoms: perceptible to a person other than the individual affected.
    5. optics.
      Said of lenses: nearest the object.
noun
    1. A thing aimed at or wished for; a goal.
      Thesaurus: goal, intention, aim, purpose, target, ambition, end, aspiration, design.
    2. Something independent of or external to the mind.
    3a. grammar.
      The objective case;
    3b. grammar.
      A word or form in that case.
    4. An object glass.
Derivative: objectival
adj
    Relating to or of the nature of an objective.
Derivative: objectively
adverb
    In an objective way
      Thesaurus: impartially, justly, indifferently, soberly, dispassionately, without bias, without prejudice.
Derivative: objectivity
noun
    The fact or quality of being objective, especially of considering things without being dependent on, or influenced by, personal opinions or prejudices.
Etymology: 17c.



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