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objective adjective [ əbˈdʒɛktɪv ]

• (of a person or their judgement) not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts.
• "historians try to be objective and impartial"
Similar: impartial, unbiased, unprejudiced, non-partisan, disinterested, non-discriminatory, neutral, uninvolved, even-handed, equitable, fair, fair-minded, just, open-minded, dispassionate, detached, impersonal, unemotional, clinical,
Opposite: biased, partial, prejudiced,
• relating to or denoting a case of nouns and pronouns serving as the object of a transitive verb or a preposition.

objective noun

• a thing aimed at or sought; a goal.
• "the system has achieved its objective"
Similar: aim, intention, purpose, target, goal, intent, object, end, end in view, grail, holy grail, idea, design, plan, scheme, ambition, aspiration, desire, hope, the point, the object of the exercise,
• the objective case.
• the lens in a telescope or microscope nearest to the object observed.
• "examine with high power objective"
Origin: early 17th century: from medieval Latin objectivus, from objectum (see object).


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