Definition of "objective" []

• Of or having to do with a material object. (adjective)
• Having actual existence or reality. (adjective)
• Uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices: an objective critic. See Synonyms at fair1. (adjective)
• Based on observable phenomena; presented factually: an objective appraisal. (adjective)
• Medicine Indicating a symptom or condition perceived as a sign of disease by someone other than the person affected. (adjective)

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• "Yet he insisted, on the contrary, that values are objective, even going so far as to label his position ˜objective pluralism™."
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• "The outer or objective process, however, shows in animals strongly controlled by instinct, as insects for instance, a preponderance of the ganglion -- _i. e., subjective_ nervous system over the _objective_ or cerebral system."