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objective |
Grep of noun objective objective objective case objectiveness Overview of noun objective The noun objective has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (39) aim object, objective, target -- (the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see her children") 2. objective, object glass -- (the lens or system of lenses nearest the object being viewed) Overview of adj objective The adj objective has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (9) objective, nonsubjective -- (undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena; "an objective appraisal"; "objective evidence") 2. objective, accusative -- ((grammar) serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes; "objective case"; "accusative endings") 3. objective -- (emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings or interpretation; "objective art") 4. objective -- (belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events; "concrete benefits"; "a concrete example"; "there is no objective evidence of anything of the kind") Antonyms of adj objective 3 of 4 senses of objective Sense 1 objective (vs. subjective), nonsubjective subjective (vs. objective) => personal => prejudiced => unobjective, unverifiable Sense 3 objective INDIRECT (VIA representational) -> nonrepresentational Sense 4 objective INDIRECT (VIA concrete) -> abstract Similarity of adj objective 4 senses of objective Sense 1 objective (vs. subjective), nonsubjective => clinical => impersonal, neutral => verifiable Sense 2 objective, accusative Pertains to noun objective case (Sense 1) =>accusative, accusative case, objective case => oblique, oblique case Sense 3 objective => representational (vs. nonrepresentational) Sense 4 objective => concrete (vs. abstract) Attributes of adj objective Familiarity of adj objective objective used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Grep of adj objective nonobjective objective unobjective Overview of noun objective The noun objective has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (39) aim object, objective, target -- (the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see her children") 2. objective, object glass -- (the lens or system of lenses nearest the object being viewed) Overview of adj objective The adj objective has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (9) objective, nonsubjective -- (undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena; "an objective appraisal"; "objective evidence") 2. objective, accusative -- ((grammar) serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes; "objective case"; "accusative endings") 3. objective -- (emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings or interpretation; "objective art") 4. objective -- (belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events; "concrete benefits"; "a concrete example"; "there is no objective evidence of anything of the kind")
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