objectivity
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɒbd͡ʒɛkˈtɪvɪti/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌɑbd͡ʒɛkˈtɪvɪti/, [ˌɑbd͡ʒɛkˈtɪvɪɾi]
Audio (Canada): (file)
- Hyphenation: ob‧jec‧tiv‧i‧ty
Noun
objectivity (countable and uncountable, plural objectivities)
- The state of being objective, just, unbiased, and not influenced by irrational emotions or personal prejudices.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:objectivity
- The scientist’s objectivity was questioned after the funding controversy.
- Good journalism requires strict objectivity.
- maintain objectivity
- sense of objectivity
- The world as it really is; reality.
Synonyms
- objectiveness (much less common)
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
The state of being objective
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References
- “objectivity”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “objectivity”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.