[ob.jec.tiv.ism] n (1854) 1: any of various theories asserting the validity of objective phenomena over subjective experience; esp: realism 2a
2: an ethical theory that moral good is objectively real or that moral precepts are objectively valid
3: a 20th century movement in poetry growing out of imagism and putting stress on form -- ob.jec.tiv.ist adj or n -- ob.jec.tiv.is.tic adj