adj. & n.
adj. 1 external to the mind; actually existing; real. 2 (of a person, writing, art, etc.) dealing with outward things or exhibiting facts uncoloured by feelings or opinions; not subjective. 3 Gram. (of a case or word) constructed as or appropriate to the object of a transitive verb or preposition (cf. ACCUSATIVE). 4 aimed at (objective point). 5 (of symptoms) observed by another and not only felt by the patient.
n. 1 something sought or aimed at; an objective point. 2 Gram. the objective case. 3 = object-glass. objectival adj. objectively adv. objectiveness n. objectivity n. objectivize v.tr. (also -ise). objectivization n.
[ med.L objectivus (as OBJECT) ]