objectivity

English

Etymology

objective +‎ -ity

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɒbd͡ʒɛkˈtɪvɪti/

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌɑbd͡ʒɛkˈtɪvɪti/, [ˌɑbd͡ʒɛkˈtɪvɪɾi]

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• Hyphenation: ob‧jec‧tiv‧i‧ty

Noun

objectivity (countable and uncountable, plural objectivities)

1. The state of being objective, just, unbiased, and not influenced by emotions or personal prejudices.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:objectivity

2. The world as it really is; reality.

Synonyms

• objectiveness (much less common)

Antonyms

• subjectivity

Translations

The state of being objective

• Armenian: օբյեկտիվություն (hy) (ōbyektivutʻyun)
• Bulgarian: обективност (bg) f (obektivnost)
• Catalan: objectivitat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 客觀性／客观性 (zh) (kèguānxìng)

• Dutch: objectiviteit (nl) f, zakelijkheid (nl) f
• Finnish: objektiivisuus (fi), puolueettomuus (fi)
• French: objectivité (fr) f
• German: Objektivität (de) f
• Greek: αντικειμενικότητα (el) f (antikeimenikótita)
• Hungarian: objektivitás (hu), tárgyilagosság (hu)
• Ido: objektaleso (io)
• Irish: oibiachtúlacht f
• Japanese: 客観性 (きゃっかんせい, kyakukansei)
• Kazakh: объективтік (obektivtık)
• Khmer: វត្ថុវិស័យភាព (voattʰo vi’say pʰiep)
• Polish: obiektywność (pl) f
• Portuguese: objetividade (pt) f
• Romanian: obiectivitate (ro)
• Russian: объекти́вность (ru) f (obʺjektívnostʹ)
• Spanish: objetividad (es) f
• Turkish: nesnellik (tr)
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

References

• “objectivity”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “objectivity”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.