objectivism
/əbˈd͡ʒɛk.tɪ.vɪ.zəm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.17 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of several doctrines that holds that all of reality is objective and exists outside of the mind.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The specific objectivist philosophy created by novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand, endorsing logical reasoning and self-interest.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Alternative letter-case form of objectivism (“the philosophy based around Ayn Rand’s writings”).
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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.”"
- "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)."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree English objectiv(e) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō 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.