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Objective

  1. adjective

    emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation

    “objective art”

    Similar: documentary

  2. adjective

    serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes

    “objective case”

    Similar: accusative

  3. noun

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

    Similar: objective lens, object lens, object glass

  4. noun

    the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)

    “the sole object of her trip was to see her children”

    Similar: aim, object, target

Word family

objectivation · objectiveness · objectivity · objectively

Word parts

-ive