objective (adj.)

  1. undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena; an objective appraisal; objective evidence

    [ Syn: nonsubjective ]

  2. serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes; objective case; accusative endings

    [ Syn: accusative ]

    objective (n.)

  1. the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable); the sole object of her trip was to see her children

    [ Syn: aim , object , target ]

  2. the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed

    [ Syn: objective lens , object lens , object glass ]

    objective (adj.)

  1. emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation; objective art

    [ Syn: documentary ]

  2. belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events; objective benefits; an objective example; there is no objective evidence of anything of the kind'

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