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objectivism

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /əbˈd͡ʒɛk.tɪ.vɪ.zəm/
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noun

Meaning 1

The state of being objective; objectivity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

Moral objectivism.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 3

Any of several doctrines that holds that all of reality is objective and exists outside of the mind.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences

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noun

Meaning 4

The specific objectivist philosophy created by novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand, endorsing logical reasoning and self-interest.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: capitalized, countable, often, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 5

Alternative letter-case form of objectivism (“the philosophy based around Ayn Rand’s writings”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, uncountable

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English objectiv(e) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English objectivism From objectiv(e) + -ism. First attested in 1854.

From objective + -ism.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: obyektivizm — doctrine that holds that reality is objective
  • Catalan: objectivisme — doctrine that holds that reality is objective
  • Chinese Mandarin: 客觀主義 /客观主义 (kèguānzhǔyì) — doctrine that holds that reality is objective
  • Czech: objektivismus — doctrine that holds that reality is objective
  • Finnish: objektivismi — doctrine that holds that reality is objective
  • French: objectivisme — doctrine that holds that reality is objective
  • German: Objektivismus — doctrine that holds that reality is objective
  • Greek: αντικειμενισμός (antikeimenismós) — doctrine that holds that reality is objective
  • Japanese: オブジェクティビズム (obujekutibizumu) — doctrine that holds that reality is objective
  • Japanese: 客観主義 (kyakkanshugi) — doctrine that holds that reality is objective
  • Kazakh: объективизм (obektivizm) — doctrine that holds that reality is objective
  • Latin: obiectivismus — doctrine that holds that reality is objective
  • Persian: عینیتگرایی — doctrine that holds that reality is objective
  • Romanian: obiectivism — doctrine that holds that reality is objective
  • Serbo-Croatian: објективизам — doctrine that holds that reality is objective
  • Serbo-Croatian: objektivizam — doctrine that holds that reality is objective
  • Spanish: objetivismo — doctrine that holds that reality is objective