Definitions for objectivityˌɒb dʒɪkˈtɪv ɪ ti, -dʒɛk-

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ob•jec•tiv•i•tyˌɒb dʒɪkˈtɪv ɪ ti, -dʒɛk-(n.)

  1. the state or quality of being objective.

  2. external reality.

Origin of objectivity:

1795–1805

Princeton's WordNet

  1. objectivity, objectiveness(noun)

    judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices

Wiktionary

  1. objectivity(Noun)

    The state of being objective, just, unbiased and not influenced by emotions or personal prejudices

  2. objectivity(Noun)

    The world as it really is; reality

  3. objectivity(Noun)

    That which one understands, often, as intellectually, of all and everything, of what is sensed as felt, thereof

  4. objectivity(Noun)

    That which is perceived to be true to understanding

  5. objectivity(Noun)

    The object of understanding

Webster Dictionary

  1. Objectivity(noun)

    the state, quality, or relation of being objective; character of the object or of the objective


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