objective — ODE

objective /əbˈdʒɛktɪv

▸ adjective

1 (of a person or their judgement) not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts. Contrasted with subjective:

historians try to be objective and impartial.

▪ not dependent on the mind for existence; actual:

a matter of objective fact.

2 [attributive] Grammar relating to or denoting a case of nouns and pronouns serving as the object of a transitive verb or a preposition.

▸ noun

1 a thing aimed at or sought; a goal:

the system has achieved its objective.

2 (the objective) Grammar the objective case.

3 (also objective lens) the lens in a telescope or microscope nearest to the object observed:

examine with high power objective.

– DERIVATIVES

objectiveness /əbˈdʒɛktɪvnɪs

/ noun

– ORIGIN early 17th century: via French from medieval Latin objectivus, from objectum (see object).