All 8 Uses

objective
in
Blood Brothers, by Nora Roberts
(Auto-generated)

You'll need to have the objectivity, and the sensitivity of a counselor to write the book that should be written on Hawkins Hollow…
p. 86.5 *

objectivity = understanding based on facts without the influence of personal feelings or preferences
Laying it out to someone objective, someone not involved.†
p. 38.4
Objectivity first.†
p. 40.3
Maybe we do need fresh eyes, an outsider, objectivity we just don't have.†
p. 96.7
Experience and objectivity.†
p. 109.7
And however objective she might try to be, she may have missed some nuances.†
p. 196.2
Objective, he added as he pulled up in front of the rental house.†
p. 238.6
The fact that he'd worked himself up to a mad might not have been objective or practical, but it felt absolutely right.†
p. 238.8 *

Definitions:

(1) (objective as in: our objective is to...)
a goal (some end desired to be achieved)
(2) (objective as in: an objective viewpoint)
fact-based without the influence of personal feelings or preferences

Objective is often contrasted with subjective--which means "influenced by personal belief, feelings, or preferences (rather than being based purely upon fact)."
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Less common meanings of objective include:
- In philosophy -- existing outside of the mind.
- In grammar -- the object of a verb or of certain prepositions.
- In optics -- the lens nearest the object being viewed