objectivaly.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a material thing that can be seen or touched.
2 (foll. by of) a person or thing to which action or feeling is directed (the object of attention; the object of our study).
3 a thing sought or aimed at; a purpose.
4 Gram. a noun or its equivalent governed by an active transitive verb or by a preposition.
5 Philos. a thing external to the thinking mind or subject.
6 derog. a person or thing of esp. a pathetic or ridiculous appearance.
7 Computing a package of information and a description of its manipulation.

--v.

1 intr. (often foll. by to, against) express or feel opposition, disapproval, or reluctance; protest (I object to being treated like this; objecting against government policies).
2 tr. (foll. by that + clause) state as an objection (objected that they were kept waiting).
3 tr. (foll. by to, against, or that + clause) adduce (a quality or fact) as contrary or damaging (to a case).

no object not forming an important or restricting factor (money no object). object-ball Billiards etc. that at which a player aims the cue-ball. object-glass the lens in a telescope etc. nearest to the object observed. object language 1 a language described by means of another language (see METALANGUAGE ).
2 Computing a language into which a program is translated by means of a compiler or assembler. object-lesson a striking practical example of some principle. object of the exercise the main point of an activity.

objectless adj. objector n. [ME f. med.L objectum thing presented to the mind, past part. of L objicere (as OB-, jacere ject- throw)]

objectivaly.html - v.tr.
(-ies, -ied)
1 make objective; embody.
2 present as an object of perception.

objectification n.

objectivaly.html - n.
1 an expression or feeling of opposition or disapproval.
2 the act of objecting.
3 an adverse reason or statement. [ME f. OF objection or LL objectio (as OBJECT)]

objectivaly.html - adj.
1 open to objection.
2 unpleasant, offensive.

objectionableness n. objectionably adv.

objectivaly.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 external to the mind; actually existing; real.
2 (of a person, writing, art, etc.) dealing with outward things or exhibiting facts uncoloured by feelings or opinions; not subjective.
3 Gram. (of a case or word) constructed as or appropriate to the object of a transitive verb or preposition (cf. ACCUSATIVE).
4 aimed at (objective point).
5 (of symptoms) observed by another and not only felt by the patient.

--n.

1 something sought or aimed at; an objective point.
2 Gram. the objective case.
3 = object-glass.

objectival adj. objectively adv. objectiveness n. objectivity n. objectivize v.tr. (also -ise). objectivization n. [med.L objectivus (as OBJECT)]

objectivaly.html - n.
1 the tendency to lay stress on what is objective.
2 Philos. the belief that certain things (esp. moral truths) exist apart from human knowledge or perception of them.

objectivist n. objectivistic adj.