Objectivism

Quick meaning: Objectivism is a noun meaning The state of being objective; objectivity.

Meaning

The state of being objective; objectivity.

More Meanings

1. Moral objectivism.
2. (philosophy) Any of several doctrines that holds that all of reality is objective and exists outside of the mind.
3. (often capitalized) The specific objectivist philosophy created by novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand, endorsing logical reasoning and self-interest.

Example Sentences

But for some, objectivism stuck. Perhaps her most significant early follower was Alan Greenspan, later to serve as chairman of the US Federal Reserve for 19 years.

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.”

Into philosophy but not computer games? Then you probably missed Ayn Rand’s objectivism in BioShock (where the villain builds an undersea city out of the reach of government).

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.

Word Forms

• objectivisms

Antonyms for objectivism

Common opposites include subjectivism.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include objectality, objectivity, objectness, objectiveness, unobjectiveness, objecthood.

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