objectivity

Noun
US[ob-jek-tiv-ih-tee]/ˌɑbdʒɛkˈtɪvɪti/5 syllables
Synonyms: objectiveness

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudicesSynonyms: objectivenessType of judgment, judgementKinds apoliticism

Related words objective adjective, nonsubjective adjective

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Ob′jec·tiv′i·ty noun

Origin: Cf. F. objectivité.

The state, quality, or relation of being objective; character of the object or of the objective.

The calm, the cheerfulness, the disinterested objectivity have disappeared [in the life of the Greeks].— Matthew Arnold

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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