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obˈjectiveness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality or character of being objective; the quality of presenting itself as an object of sense (quot. 1677); existence as an object external to the mind; (of a person, work of art, etc.) the character of dealing with or representing outward things rather than inward feelings.
a1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. i. i. 1 Is there such a motion or objectiveness of external Bodies which produceth light or colour..? the Faculty of Sight is fitted to receive that impression or objectiveness, and that objectiveness fitted and accomodate to that Faculty. a1834Coleridge Confess. Enq. Spir. vii. (1840) 93 No man..can recognize his own inward experiences in such writings, and not find an objectiveness, a confirming and assuring outwardness, and all the main characters of reality, reflected therefrom on the spirit. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. v. 391 The healthy objectiveness of an old English Chronicler is no longer possible for us. 1881Le Conte Sight 13 In smell, there is an equal commingling of subjectiveness and objectiveness. |