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objectivism

noun

  1. any of various theories asserting the validity of objective phenomena over subjective experience
  2. an ethical theory that moral good is objectively real or that moral precepts are objectively valid
  3. a 20th century movement in poetry growing out of imagism and putting stress on form
  4. philosophical system named and developed by Russian-American writer and philosopher Ayn Rand
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Pronunciation: /əbˈd͡ʒɛk.tɪ.vɪ.zəm/

noun

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.

  1. The state of being objective; objectivity.
  2. Moral objectivism.
  3. Any of several doctrines that holds that all of reality is objective and exists outside of the mind.

    “Objectivism and subjectivism need each other to exist. Each defines itself in opposition to the other and sees the other as the enemy. Objectivism takes as its allies scientific truth, rationality, precision, fairness, and impartiality.”

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

    “First of all, I do not call it Randism; and I don’t like that name. I call it Objectivism, meaning a philosophy based on objective reality. Now let me explain it as briefly as I can.”

    “Ayn Rand, the guiding spirit of the philosophy of Objectivism and an advocate of “laissez faire capitalism,” endorsed Senator Goldwater as [“]the best of what is available.””