Both Uses of
objective
in
Arrowsmith
- To demand that he be accurate in his statements, to quote Raymond Pearl's dictum: "As a matter of objective scientific fact, extremely little is known about why the mortality from tuberculosis has declined"—this was to be a scoundrel who really liked to befoul the pavements.†
Chpt 21
- As he bent over the brass tube and focused the objective, into the gray-lavender circular field of vision rose to existence the grape-like clusters of staphylococcus germs, purple dots against the blank plane.†
Chpt 28 *
Definition:
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(objective as in: an objective viewpoint) fact-based without the influence of personal feelings or preferenceseditor's notes: Objective is often contrasted with subjective--which means "influenced by personal belief, feelings, or preferences (rather than being based purely upon fact)."