Definitions for objective correlative

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objec′tive correl′ative(n.)

a situation or chain of events in a literary work that objectifies a particular emotion in such a way as to evoke that emotion in the reader.
Category: Literature

Origin of objective correlative:

1919; term introduced by T.S. Eliot

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