nonobjective

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌnɑnəbˈdʒɛktɪv/ UK /ˌnɒnəbˈdʒɛktɪv/ See IPA manual

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adj
not representing real objects; abstract; not impartial

Critics praised the nonobjective swirls of the mural.

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1 adj · not representing real... abstractnonrepresentationalnonfigurative subjective biased partial

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objectiverepresentationalimpartial

Word family

Related forms objective object

Etymology

From non- ('not') + objective, from Medieval Latin objectivus, from Latin objectum ('thing presented to the mind'), from objicere ('to throw before').

non Latin objectum Latin

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# nonobjective

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ˌnɑnəbˈdʒɛktɪv
**IPA (UK):** ˌnɒnəbˈdʒɛktɪv

## Meanings
1. not representing real objects; abstract; not impartial

## Examples
- Critics praised the nonobjective swirls of the mural.

## Synonyms
- abstract
- nonrepresentational
- nonfigurative
- subjective
- biased
- partial

## Antonyms
- objective
- representational
- impartial

## Related Forms
- objective
- object

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: non
- Root: objectum

## Etymology
From non- ('not') + objective, from Medieval Latin objectivus, from Latin objectum ('thing presented to the mind'), from objicere ('to throw before').

## AI Etymology
Nonobjective is from non- ('not') + objective, from Medieval Latin objectivus, from Latin objectum ('thing presented to the mind'), from objicere ('to throw before'). Important recorded forms include non (Latin) and objectum (Latin). Morphologically, the non- element marks negation or exclusion while the base supplies the domain being denied. The modern sense is largely compositional: the word names the absence, exclusion, or opposite of the base idea. In current use it covers not representing real objects; abstract; not impartial. The wider family includes related words such as objective and object.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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