English Explanatory Dictionary

objectivism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state of being objective; objectivity.
  2. Moral objectivism.
  3. Any of several doctrines that holds that all of reality is objective and exists outside of the mind.
  4. The specific objectivist philosophy created by novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand, endorsing logical reasoning and self-interest.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of objectivism (“the philosophy based around Ayn Rand’s writings”).

Pronunciation

/əbˈd͡ʒɛk.tɪ.vɪ.zəm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-objectivism.wav

Word forms

objectivism objectivisms

Etymology

From objectiv(e) + -ism. First attested in 1854.

Antonyms

subjectivism

Derived words

logical objectivism neo-objectivism nonobjectivism
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