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{
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"object":{
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"antonyms":[
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"demur",
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"except",
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"expostulate",
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"kick",
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"protest",
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"remonstrate (with)"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a cause for attention or concern":[
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"Money is no object ."
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],
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": a data structure in object-oriented programming that can contain functions (see function entry 1 sense 7 ) as well as constants, variables, and other data structures":[],
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": a discrete entity (such as a window or icon) in computer graphics (see graphic entry 2 sense 2b ) that can be manipulated independently of other such entities":[],
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": a noun or noun equivalent (such as a pronoun, gerund, or clause) denoting the goal or result of the action of a verb (such as ball in I hit the ball )":[],
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": a noun or noun equivalent in a prepositional phrase (such as table in on the table )":[],
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": a thing that forms an element of or constitutes the subject matter of an investigation or science":[
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"objects of study"
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],
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": of, relating to, or being object code":[
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"an object file"
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],
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": something material that may be perceived by the senses":[
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"I see an object in the distance."
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],
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": something mental or physical toward which thought, feeling, or action is directed":[
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"an object for study",
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"the object of my affection",
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"delicately carved art objects"
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],
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": something physical that is perceived by an individual and becomes an agent for psychological identification":[
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"The mother is the primary object of the child."
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],
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": something that when viewed stirs a particular emotion (such as pity)":[
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"Look on the tragic loading of this bed \u2026 the object poisons sight; let it be hid.",
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"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
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],
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": the goal or end of an effort or activity : purpose , objective":[
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"Their object is to investigate the matter thoroughly.",
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"The object of the game is to score the most points."
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],
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": to feel distaste for something":[],
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": to oppose something firmly and usually with words or arguments":[],
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": to put forth in opposition or as an objection":[
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"objected that the statement was misleading"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"There were three objects in the box: a comb, a pen, and a button.",
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"His object is to determine how much the business will cost to operate.",
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"Verb",
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"No one objected when the paintings were removed.",
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"\u201cWe can't buy the chair,\u201d he objected . \u201cIt won't fit in the car.\u201d",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The unusual object could also be a piece of primordial material that never melted, according to NASA. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 24 June 2022",
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"Such systems typically use K-band radio frequencies to determine how far away an object is from a vehicle, so just being near another car could set off your radar detector. \u2014 K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver , 22 June 2022",
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"The object that gives Kamala her powers is a bangle from her nani, a literal and physical connection to her culture and heritage. \u2014 Katherine Singh, refinery29.com , 16 June 2022",
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"If money is no object , Modway\u2019s Jenna mattress is the plushest twin mattress in our roundup. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 10 June 2022",
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"Scoring goals is no object right now and is not worth large-scale investment from Florentino P\u00e9rez and the board. \u2014 Henry Flynn, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
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"At 6-foot-6, 340 pounds, the Outland and Bednarik trophy winner is an immovable object who could anchor a run defense for years to come. \u2014 Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"The man who parted with this gem was someone for whom money is no object and who bought shirts with the same frequency with which the rest of us buy facial tissues. \u2014 Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"If price is no object , or if several family members are pooling their resources, there are vineyard residences, equestrian farms, agricultural land, ranches and other properties with acreage for sale. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 Mar. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Academics may object that biography is vulgar, like writing for money, but the approach of Mr. Cohen, a longtime London book editor, has the weight of history behind it. \u2014 Dominic Green, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
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"Two lower courts rejected that argument as premature, saying Representatives Ryan Guillen, Brooks Landgraf, and John Lujan could object to particular questions but couldn\u2019t avoid sitting for depositions altogether. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022",
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"The vice president did not object , so Birx went on a road trip to speak face to face with governors around the country. \u2014 Colleen M. Farrell, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
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"The problem is, the thought experiment suggests that energy conservation can be violated in individual instances \u2014 something many physicists object to. \u2014 Katie Mccormick, Quanta Magazine , 16 May 2022",
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"Its two cornerstone bills \u2014 one to require employers to vaccinate their workers and another to require the shot for school children regardless of whether their parents object \u2014 have been dropped. \u2014 Dustin Gardiner, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 May 2022",
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"In disbelief, Medeiros called the agency that enforces a state law allowing hunters to retrieve their hunting dogs from private property, even when the property owners object . \u2014 Denise Lavoie, ajc , 11 May 2022",
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"His glib assurances that Hezbollah and Iran would not object to a Syria-Israel peace were scarcely credible, as, indeed, Hof notes. \u2014 Nicholas Blanford, The Christian Science Monitor , 6 May 2022",
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"Replication at scale: This is where the nerds will object . \u2014 John Sabo, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"The case raises the important question of whether the testimony and result will serve as object lessons for investors confronted with cheery promises in the future. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 3 Jan. 2022",
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"One of these, game playing, combines social, locomotive and object play. \u2014 Caitlin O'connell, Scientific American , 1 Aug. 2021",
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"But just shooting an object head-on without any movement is very dull. \u2014 Julian Chokkattu, Wired , 1 July 2021",
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"But Democrats can\u2019t really object , given their past positions. \u2014 The Washington Post, Twin Cities , 15 Sep. 2019",
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"Other Apple products potentially on the way include a redesigned MacBook Pro with a 16-inch screen, and a new AR-friendly object tracker similar to Tile\u2019s Bluetooth trackers. \u2014 Patrick Lucas Austin, Time , 9 Sep. 2019",
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"Opponents object to local and state government actions as much as to Rockwool itself. \u2014 Patricia Sullivan, Washington Post , 9 June 2019",
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"In theory, the tributaries would converge on a handful of top-layer neurons, which would represent sound or object categories. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 4 Dec. 2014",
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"But a key difference is that these are entirely in 3D and are deployed with a much smarter sense of spatial and object recognition, thanks to Google\u2019s advances in artificial intelligence. \u2014 Casey Newton, The Verge , 10 Oct. 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
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"1959, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English object, objecte \"something presented to the senses, purpose, objection,\" borrowed from Latin objectum \"something presented to the senses, charge, accusation\" (Medieval Latin also, \"something presented to the mind, goal, aim\"), noun derivative from neuter of objectus, past participle of obicere, objicere \"to throw in the way, place against, put forward, present (to the eyes, mind, etc.), cite as a ground for disapproval,\" from ob- \"against, in the way\" + jacere \"to throw, cast\" \u2014 more at ob- , jet entry 3":"Noun",
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"Middle English objecten, in part borrowed from Latin objectus, past participle of obicere, objicere \"to throw in the way, put forward, cite as a ground for disapproval or criticism,\" in part borrowed from Latin object\u0101re \"to throw before, put in the way, cite as a ground for disapproval,\" frequentative of obicere \u2014 more at object entry 1":"Verb",
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"from attributive use of object entry 1":"Adjective"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u00e4b-(\u02cc)jekt, -jikt",
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"-(\u02cc)jekt",
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"\u0259b-\u02c8jekt",
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"\u02c8\u00e4b-jikt"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for object Noun intention , intent , purpose , design , aim , end , object , objective , goal mean what one intends to accomplish or attain. intention implies little more than what one has in mind to do or bring about. announced his intention to marry intent suggests clearer formulation or greater deliberateness. the clear intent of the statute purpose suggests a more settled determination. being successful was her purpose in life design implies a more carefully calculated plan. the order of events came by accident, not design aim adds to these implications of effort directed toward attaining or accomplishing. her aim was to raise film to an art form end stresses the intended effect of action often in distinction or contrast to the action or means as such. willing to use any means to achieve his end object may equal end but more often applies to a more individually determined wish or need. his constant object was the achievement of pleasure objective implies something tangible and immediately attainable. their objective is to seize the oil fields goal suggests something attained only by prolonged effort and hardship. worked years to reach her goals",
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"synonyms":[
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"thing"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003617",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"transitive verb",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"object color":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": color that is perceived as belonging to an object and is classifiable as bulky color for interiors of nonopaque objects or as surface color":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013942",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"object glass":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": objective sense 5":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102931",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"object of desire":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": something that people want to have":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113947",
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"type":[
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"noun phrase"
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]
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},
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"object of envy":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": someone or something that causes people to be envious":[
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"Her beautiful hair was an object of envy to her sister."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-085115",
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"type":[
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"noun phrase"
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]
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},
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"object space":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": the space in relation to an optical system in which are located the objects to be imaged by the system \u2014 compare image space":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102709",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"object-oriented":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": relating to, used in, or implemented by object-oriented programming":[
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"an object-oriented language"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1973, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-(\u02cc)jekt-",
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"\u02c8\u00e4b-jikt-\u02cc\u022fr-\u0113-\u02ccen-t\u0259d"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233444",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"object-oriented programming":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a type of computer programming in which programs are composed of objects (see object entry 1 sense 6a ) which communicate with each other, which may be arranged into hierarchies, and which can be combined to form additional objects":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1981, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012858",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"objectee":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": one that is objected to":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"object entry 2 + -ee":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259b\u00a6jek\u00a6t\u0113",
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"\u02cc\u00e4b\u02ccjek\u02c8t\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173726",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"objectifiable":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": capable of being made objective":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"objectify + -able":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259b\u00a6jekt\u0259\u00a6f\u012b\u0259b\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080241",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"objectification":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to give expression to (something, such as an abstract notion, feeling, or ideal) in a form that can be experienced by others":[
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"It is the essence of the fairy tale to objectify differing facets of the child's emotional experience \u2026",
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"\u2014 John Updike"
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],
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": to treat as an object or cause to have objective reality":[
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"They believe that beauty pageants objectify women."
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"She says beauty pageants objectify women.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Outfits that make fun of people's size, objectify human beings or otherwise make light of a person's lived experience are all insensitive. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 6 June 2022",
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"The catalogue essays point to the obvious sensuality of the woman, to the erotic drama of her captivity and the way that invites viewers, especially men, to objectify her for visual gratification. \u2014 Philip Kennicott, Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
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"Like pickup artists, high-value dating can objectify the opposite gender and turns dating into a game to be won, with a high-value partner as the prize. \u2014 Eve Upton-clark, refinery29.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
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"Like pickup artists, high value dating can objectify the opposite gender and turns dating into a game to be won, with a high value partner as the prize. \u2014 Eve Upton-clark, refinery29.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"Readers were quick to categorize this as the latest example of an insidious double standard in which media outlets reporting on sports focus on the athletic achievements of men, yet persistently objectify the bodies of women. \u2014 Christine Yu, Outside Online , 8 Mar. 2022",
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"In the third act, the mirrors are tilted even further to objectify and sexualize the literal and metaphorical climax of the play, making its violence and eroticism inescapable. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 17 Feb. 2022",
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"Outfits that make fun of people's size, objectify human beings, or otherwise make light of a person's lived experience are reflections of poor judgment. \u2014 Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes , 30 Oct. 2021",
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"On social media, women cheerfully objectify the hot duke from Bridgerton and members of the Korean boy band BTS, while a man talking about female tennis players in similar terms would get pilloried as sexist. \u2014 Helen Lewis, The Atlantic , 3 Sep. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1837, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"object entry 1 + -ify":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259b-\u02c8jek-t\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210819",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"objectify":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to give expression to (something, such as an abstract notion, feeling, or ideal) in a form that can be experienced by others":[
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"It is the essence of the fairy tale to objectify differing facets of the child's emotional experience \u2026",
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"\u2014 John Updike"
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],
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": to treat as an object or cause to have objective reality":[
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"They believe that beauty pageants objectify women."
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"She says beauty pageants objectify women.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Outfits that make fun of people's size, objectify human beings or otherwise make light of a person's lived experience are all insensitive. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 6 June 2022",
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"The catalogue essays point to the obvious sensuality of the woman, to the erotic drama of her captivity and the way that invites viewers, especially men, to objectify her for visual gratification. \u2014 Philip Kennicott, Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
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"Like pickup artists, high-value dating can objectify the opposite gender and turns dating into a game to be won, with a high-value partner as the prize. \u2014 Eve Upton-clark, refinery29.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
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"Like pickup artists, high value dating can objectify the opposite gender and turns dating into a game to be won, with a high value partner as the prize. \u2014 Eve Upton-clark, refinery29.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"Readers were quick to categorize this as the latest example of an insidious double standard in which media outlets reporting on sports focus on the athletic achievements of men, yet persistently objectify the bodies of women. \u2014 Christine Yu, Outside Online , 8 Mar. 2022",
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"In the third act, the mirrors are tilted even further to objectify and sexualize the literal and metaphorical climax of the play, making its violence and eroticism inescapable. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 17 Feb. 2022",
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"Outfits that make fun of people's size, objectify human beings, or otherwise make light of a person's lived experience are reflections of poor judgment. \u2014 Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes , 30 Oct. 2021",
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"On social media, women cheerfully objectify the hot duke from Bridgerton and members of the Korean boy band BTS, while a man talking about female tennis players in similar terms would get pilloried as sexist. \u2014 Helen Lewis, The Atlantic , 3 Sep. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1837, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"object entry 1 + -ify":""
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259b-\u02c8jek-t\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-081652",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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},
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"objection":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a feeling or expression of disapproval":[],
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": a reason or argument presented in opposition":[],
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": a statement of opposition to an aspect of a judicial or other legal proceeding":[
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"file an objection to a proposed bankruptcy plan"
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],
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": an act of objecting":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"My main objection is that some people will have to pay more than others.",
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"He said he had no objection to the plan.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The first objection during the joint session of Congress was raised by a Republican congressman from the Arizona, one of the states Trump most vehemently disputed was won by Biden. \u2014 Lisa Mascaro, Chron , 16 June 2022",
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"The first objection during the joint session of Congress was raised by a Republican congressman from the Arizona, one of the states Trump most vehemently disputed was won by Biden. \u2014 Lisa Mascaro, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
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"After Bonjean hurled yet another objection at him, the attorneys began to snipe at each other. \u2014 Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
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"Salespeople should be armed with both knowledge of objection handling as well as the authority to be flexible in deal-making. \u2014 Pradeep Aradhya, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
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"The state Senate voted 32-8 despite Baker's objection and a day after the House voted 119-36 on the same measure, dubbed the Work and Family Mobility Act. \u2014 Fox News , 9 June 2022",
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"Does this mean that Orson is actually avoiding confrontation, only raising the objection in his head",
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"L\u00f3pez Obrador's objection stems from the White House's decision to exclude Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela from the gathering because of their autocratic governments. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 8 June 2022",
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"\u2014 compare subjective sense 3a":[
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"\u2026 our reveries \u2026 are significantly and repeatedly shaped by our transactions with the objective world.",
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"\u2014 Marvin Reznikoff"
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"objective arthritis"
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"Adjective",
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"For no matter how objective Server tries to appear in detailing the highs and lows of her 67 years\u2014the three marriages, the numerous affairs, the binges, the nightlong cruising of low-life byways and bordellos, the mainly poor movies she was in\u2014he cannot really hide his essential fondness for her. \u2014 Peter Bogdanovich , New York Times Book Review , 23 Apr. 2006",
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"I'm not going to read the history about it while I'm alive because I don't trust short-term history. Most historians wouldn't have voted for me, so I don't think they can write an objective history. \u2014 George W. Bush , quoted in Time , 6 Sept. 2004",
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"\"I'm not really a Hollywood person,\" said Mr. [Clint] Eastwood, who lives mostly in Carmel. \"Not that I don't like L.A., but I'm just a Northern California guy. And it's very hard to be objective about what you're doing in a town that's all consumed by the entertainment business.\" \u2014 Bernard Weinraub , New York Times , 6 Aug. 1992",
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"We need someone outside the company to give us an objective analysis.",
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"an objective assessment based solely upon the results of the experiment",
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"Noun",
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"The first objective of the low-intensity war was to \"bleed\" India so that it would cut its losses and quit. \u2014 Pervez Hoodbhoy , Prospect , June 2003",
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"The Orange Plan assumed an early Japanese capture of the Philippines, and made relief of the Philippines the main U.S. objective . \u2014 David M. Kennedy , Atlantic , March 1999",
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"The President had largely stuck to his publicly stated goals\u2014though the objective of smashing Iraq's military machine hadn't been so clear. \u2014 Elizabeth Drew , New Yorker , 6 May 1991",
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"\u2026 their primary objective is not the enrollment of new voters but changing the party affiliation of old voters \u2026 \u2014 Lawrence King , Commonweal , 9 Oct. 1970",
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"The main objective of the class is to teach basic typing skills.",
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"She's expanding the business with the objective of improving efficiency.",
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"We've set specific objectives for each day.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Just as important, Karins said, have been Latvia's efforts to fill the void left by those Russian language channels with objective information. \u2014 Paulina Smolinski, CBS News , 1 July 2022",
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"Companies should set about five objective criteria to identify which employees to let go. \u2014 Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 17 June 2022",
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"June 16 \u2013 June 30th: With sensitive Venus\u2014your planetary ruler\u2014harshly aspected on the 18th, your ability to be objective and wait and see will result in brilliant breakthroughs by the 21st. \u2014 Katharine Merlin, Town & Country , 16 June 2022",
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"Orwell himself was a strong believer in the concept of objective truth. \u2014 Laura Beers, CNN , 6 May 2022",
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"My hope is that Twitter becomes less objective about content and more restrictive about users at the same time. \u2014 John Brandon, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
|
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"James\u2019s way is not scientifically objective so much as quietly and determinedly political. \u2014 Ian Beacock, The New Republic , 22 Feb. 2022",
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"Being an arbiter of objective truth and knowledge is way overrated, anyway. \u2014 Devon Ivie, Vulture , 30 Sep. 2021",
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"That is an objective declaration: tonight, the New York City cocktail haunt was crowned with the official title at the awards ceremony for North America\u2019s 50 Best Bars. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 7 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Value stream mapping, or designing the entire supply chain with the objective of detailing production, will be extremely important. \u2014 Jr Belardo, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
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"Worried that traditional Khasi knowledge may feel irrelevant to younger generations, Mr. Khongthaw founded the Living Bridge Initiative in 2016, with the objective of preserving, protecting, and increasing the number of living root bridges. \u2014 Anne Pinto-rodrigues, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 June 2022",
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"Patrushev has emerged as one of the leading voices in Putin\u2019s inner circle who wants to wage a merciless war in Ukraine, with the ultimate objective of capturing Kyiv. \u2014 Susanne Sternthal, The Conversation , 7 June 2022",
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"Between turnovers, fouls and the Suns being out of rhythm offensively to Dallas playing physical on both ends with an objective to wear him down, Paul is facing his share of obstacles in this series. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 10 May 2022",
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"The objective shifted from regime change to capturing the Donbas, in the east. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 16 June 2022",
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"The business objective of the organization, the drive for growth, the drive for development, the drive for ambition\u2014this is all contained in the word power. \u2014 Christopher Marquis, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
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"The main objective of the audit, conducted by the General Assembly Office of Legislative Audits, was to review the office\u2019s finances from Sept. 7, 2017 to Sept. 30, 2021. \u2014 Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
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"Without risking a single life, or losing a single soldier, the U.S. has achieved a remarkable strategic objective : the degrading of the capability of the Russian military. \u2014 Thomas Geoghegan, The New Republic , 9 May 2022"
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"borrowed from Medieval Latin object\u012bvus \"considered in relation to its purpose, relating to an object of thought,\" from objectum \"something presented to the mind, goal, aim\" + Latin -\u012bvus -ive \u2014 more at object entry 1":"Adjective",
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"in sense 1 probably short for objective point \"goal of a military operation\"; in sense 2 noun derivative of objective, adjective, \"nearest the object (of the parts of a lens in a telescope, microscope, etc.),\" probably borrowed from French (in verre objectif \"lens nearest the object\") \u2014 more at objective entry 1":"Noun"
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|
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|
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|
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": of, relating to, or being an object, phenomenon , or condition in the realm of sensible experience independent of individual thought and perceptible by all observers : having reality independent of the mind":[
|
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|
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"\u2014 Marvin Reznikoff"
|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"\u2014 compare subjective sense 3a":[
|
|
"objective reality",
|
|
"\u2026 our reveries \u2026 are significantly and repeatedly shaped by our transactions with the objective world.",
|
|
"\u2014 Marvin Reznikoff"
|
|
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|
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"\u2014 compare subjective sense 4c":[
|
|
"objective arthritis"
|
|
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|
|
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|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"For no matter how objective Server tries to appear in detailing the highs and lows of her 67 years\u2014the three marriages, the numerous affairs, the binges, the nightlong cruising of low-life byways and bordellos, the mainly poor movies she was in\u2014he cannot really hide his essential fondness for her. \u2014 Peter Bogdanovich , New York Times Book Review , 23 Apr. 2006",
|
|
"I'm not going to read the history about it while I'm alive because I don't trust short-term history. Most historians wouldn't have voted for me, so I don't think they can write an objective history. \u2014 George W. Bush , quoted in Time , 6 Sept. 2004",
|
|
"\"I'm not really a Hollywood person,\" said Mr. [Clint] Eastwood, who lives mostly in Carmel. \"Not that I don't like L.A., but I'm just a Northern California guy. And it's very hard to be objective about what you're doing in a town that's all consumed by the entertainment business.\" \u2014 Bernard Weinraub , New York Times , 6 Aug. 1992",
|
|
"We need someone outside the company to give us an objective analysis.",
|
|
"an objective assessment based solely upon the results of the experiment",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"The first objective of the low-intensity war was to \"bleed\" India so that it would cut its losses and quit. \u2014 Pervez Hoodbhoy , Prospect , June 2003",
|
|
"The Orange Plan assumed an early Japanese capture of the Philippines, and made relief of the Philippines the main U.S. objective . \u2014 David M. Kennedy , Atlantic , March 1999",
|
|
"The President had largely stuck to his publicly stated goals\u2014though the objective of smashing Iraq's military machine hadn't been so clear. \u2014 Elizabeth Drew , New Yorker , 6 May 1991",
|
|
"\u2026 their primary objective is not the enrollment of new voters but changing the party affiliation of old voters \u2026 \u2014 Lawrence King , Commonweal , 9 Oct. 1970",
|
|
"The main objective of the class is to teach basic typing skills.",
|
|
"She's expanding the business with the objective of improving efficiency.",
|
|
"We've set specific objectives for each day.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"Just as important, Karins said, have been Latvia's efforts to fill the void left by those Russian language channels with objective information. \u2014 Paulina Smolinski, CBS News , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"Companies should set about five objective criteria to identify which employees to let go. \u2014 Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"June 16 \u2013 June 30th: With sensitive Venus\u2014your planetary ruler\u2014harshly aspected on the 18th, your ability to be objective and wait and see will result in brilliant breakthroughs by the 21st. \u2014 Katharine Merlin, Town & Country , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Orwell himself was a strong believer in the concept of objective truth. \u2014 Laura Beers, CNN , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"My hope is that Twitter becomes less objective about content and more restrictive about users at the same time. \u2014 John Brandon, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"James\u2019s way is not scientifically objective so much as quietly and determinedly political. \u2014 Ian Beacock, The New Republic , 22 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Being an arbiter of objective truth and knowledge is way overrated, anyway. \u2014 Devon Ivie, Vulture , 30 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"That is an objective declaration: tonight, the New York City cocktail haunt was crowned with the official title at the awards ceremony for North America\u2019s 50 Best Bars. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Value stream mapping, or designing the entire supply chain with the objective of detailing production, will be extremely important. \u2014 Jr Belardo, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"Worried that traditional Khasi knowledge may feel irrelevant to younger generations, Mr. Khongthaw founded the Living Bridge Initiative in 2016, with the objective of preserving, protecting, and increasing the number of living root bridges. \u2014 Anne Pinto-rodrigues, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Patrushev has emerged as one of the leading voices in Putin\u2019s inner circle who wants to wage a merciless war in Ukraine, with the ultimate objective of capturing Kyiv. \u2014 Susanne Sternthal, The Conversation , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Between turnovers, fouls and the Suns being out of rhythm offensively to Dallas playing physical on both ends with an objective to wear him down, Paul is facing his share of obstacles in this series. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"The objective shifted from regime change to capturing the Donbas, in the east. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"The business objective of the organization, the drive for growth, the drive for development, the drive for ambition\u2014this is all contained in the word power. \u2014 Christopher Marquis, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"The main objective of the audit, conducted by the General Assembly Office of Legislative Audits, was to review the office\u2019s finances from Sept. 7, 2017 to Sept. 30, 2021. \u2014 Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"Without risking a single life, or losing a single soldier, the U.S. has achieved a remarkable strategic objective : the degrading of the capability of the Russian military. \u2014 Thomas Geoghegan, The New Republic , 9 May 2022"
|
|
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"1647, in the meaning defined at sense 2d":"Adjective",
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"1835, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun"
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"borrowed from Medieval Latin object\u012bvus \"considered in relation to its purpose, relating to an object of thought,\" from objectum \"something presented to the mind, goal, aim\" + Latin -\u012bvus -ive \u2014 more at object entry 1":"Adjective",
|
|
"in sense 1 probably short for objective point \"goal of a military operation\"; in sense 2 noun derivative of objective, adjective, \"nearest the object (of the parts of a lens in a telescope, microscope, etc.),\" probably borrowed from French (in verre objectif \"lens nearest the object\") \u2014 more at objective entry 1":"Noun"
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"\u0259b-\u02c8jek-tiv, \u00e4b-",
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"\u0259b-\u02c8jek-tiv",
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"\u00e4b-"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for objective Adjective material , physical , corporeal , phenomenal , sensible , objective mean of or belonging to actuality. material implies formation out of tangible matter; used in contrast with spiritual or ideal it may connote the mundane, crass, or grasping. material values physical applies to what is perceived directly by the senses and may contrast with mental, spiritual , or imaginary . the physical benefits of exercise corporeal implies having the tangible qualities of a body such as shape, size, or resistance to force. artists have portrayed angels as corporeal beings phenomenal applies to what is known or perceived through the senses rather than by intuition or rational deduction. scientists concerned with the phenomenal world sensible stresses the capability of readily or forcibly impressing the senses. the earth's rotation is not sensible to us objective may stress material or independent existence apart from a subject perceiving it. no objective evidence of damage fair , just , equitable , impartial , unbiased , dispassionate , objective mean free from favor toward either or any side. fair implies a proper balance of conflicting interests. a fair decision just implies an exact following of a standard of what is right and proper. a just settlement of territorial claims equitable implies a less rigorous standard than just and usually suggests equal treatment of all concerned. the equitable distribution of the property impartial stresses an absence of favor or prejudice. an impartial third party unbiased implies even more strongly an absence of all prejudice. your unbiased opinion dispassionate suggests freedom from the influence of strong feeling and often implies cool or even cold judgment. a dispassionate summation of the facts objective stresses a tendency to view events or persons as apart from oneself and one's own interest or feelings. I can't be objective about my own child Noun intention , intent , purpose , design , aim , end , object , objective , goal mean what one intends to accomplish or attain. intention implies little more than what one has in mind to do or bring about. announced his intention to marry intent suggests clearer formulation or greater deliberateness. the clear intent of the statute purpose suggests a more settled determination. being successful was her purpose in life design implies a more carefully calculated plan. the order of events came by accident, not design aim adds to these implications of effort directed toward attaining or accomplishing. her aim was to raise film to an art form end stresses the intended effect of action often in distinction or contrast to the action or means as such. willing to use any means to achieve his end object may equal end but more often applies to a more individually determined wish or need. his constant object was the achievement of pleasure objective implies something tangible and immediately attainable. their objective is to seize the oil fields goal suggests something attained only by prolonged effort and hardship. worked years to reach her goals",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"empirical",
|
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"empiric",
|
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"existential",
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"experiential",
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"experimental",
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"observational"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205533",
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"adverb",
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": the quality or character of being objective : lack of favoritism toward one side or another : freedom from bias":[
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"Many people questioned the selection committee's objectivity .",
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"It can be difficult for parents to maintain objectivity about their children's accomplishments.",
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"Many critics disputed the objectivity and reliability of his field observations, foreshadowing current anthropological concerns about the ability of any fieldworker to rise above personal preconceptions and impartially describe another culture.",
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"\u2014 Bruce Bower",
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"In journalistic circles, there was a good deal of hand-wringing that the bonds forged between reporters and soldiers could threaten objectivity .",
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"\u2014 Mark Jurkowitz"
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"1803, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"objective entry 1 + -ity":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cc\u00e4b-\u02ccjek-\u02c8ti-v\u0259-t\u0113",
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"\u0259b-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214531",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"objet":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an article of some artistic value":[],
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": curio":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The house is decorated with objets d'art from around the world.",
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"the museum's collection is strongest in objets d'art from the South Pacific",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"An evocative keepsake of pregnancy, belly casts, quite literally, cement and commemorate a woman's growing bump as an objet d'art . \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 7 May 2021",
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"The first Buly spa arrives in Paris French brand L'Officine Universelle Buly appeals to aesthetes and beauty junkies alike with its handsomely packaged products, which are as much objets d'art as top-shelf serums. \u2014 Betsy Blumenthal, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 14 Feb. 2020",
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"Tickets have often been objets d'art in their own right, something to hold and to behold. \u2014 Steve Rushin, SI.com , 12 Sep. 2019",
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"The restaurant's decor\u2014which features artwork, objets d'art , and furniture from chef-owner Benjamin Seck's collection\u2014is as colorful as the food. \u2014 Hanya Yanagihara, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 24 Sep. 2018",
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"The restaurant's decor\u2014which features artwork, objets d'art , and furniture from chef-owner Benjamin Seck's collection\u2014is as colorful as the food. \u2014 Hanya Yanagihara, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 24 Sep. 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from French, \"art object\"":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cc\u022fb-\u02cczh\u0101-\u02c8d\u00e4r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"curio",
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"curiosity",
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"exotic",
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"oddity",
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"oddment",
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"rarity"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005905",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"objet d'art":{
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"definitions":{
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": curio":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The house is decorated with objets d'art from around the world.",
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"the museum's collection is strongest in objets d'art from the South Pacific",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"An evocative keepsake of pregnancy, belly casts, quite literally, cement and commemorate a woman's growing bump as an objet d'art . \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 7 May 2021",
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"The first Buly spa arrives in Paris French brand L'Officine Universelle Buly appeals to aesthetes and beauty junkies alike with its handsomely packaged products, which are as much objets d'art as top-shelf serums. \u2014 Betsy Blumenthal, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 14 Feb. 2020",
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"Tickets have often been objets d'art in their own right, something to hold and to behold. \u2014 Steve Rushin, SI.com , 12 Sep. 2019",
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"The restaurant's decor\u2014which features artwork, objets d'art , and furniture from chef-owner Benjamin Seck's collection\u2014is as colorful as the food. \u2014 Hanya Yanagihara, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 24 Sep. 2018",
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"The restaurant's decor\u2014which features artwork, objets d'art , and furniture from chef-owner Benjamin Seck's collection\u2014is as colorful as the food. \u2014 Hanya Yanagihara, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 24 Sep. 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from French, \"art object\"":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cc\u022fb-\u02cczh\u0101-\u02c8d\u00e4r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"curio",
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"curiosity",
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"exotic",
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"oddity",
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"oddment",
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"rarity"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041304",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"objet trouv\u00e9":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a natural or discarded object found by chance and held to have aesthetic value":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1936, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from French, literally, \"found object\"":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u022fb-\u02cczh\u0101-tr\u00fc-\u02c8v\u0101"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074041",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"objicient":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": objector":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin objicient-, objiciens, obicient-, obiciens , present participle of objicere, obicere to object":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259b\u02c8jish\u0259nt"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115904",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"objurgate":{
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"antonyms":[
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"citation",
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"commendation",
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"endorsement",
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"indorsement"
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],
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"definitions":{
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},
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"examples":[
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"particularly humiliating for the general was the White House's objurgation of his misguided and unauthorized attempt at enunciating foreign policy"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English objurgacyon, borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French objurgacion, borrowed from Latin obj\u016brg\u0101ti\u014dn-, obj\u016brg\u0101ti\u014d, from obj\u016brg\u0101re \"to reprove, rebuke, find fault with\" (from ob- \"against\" + j\u016brg\u0101re, j\u016brig\u0101re \"to quarrel, wrangle, utter reproaches,\" from j\u016br-, j\u016bs \"law, right, prerogative\" + -ig\u0101re, causative and factitive suffix) + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action \u2014 more at ob- , just entry 1 , fumigate":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cc\u00e4b-j\u0259r-\u02c8g\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"censure",
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"commination",
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"condemnation",
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"denunciation",
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"excoriation",
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"rebuke",
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"reprimand",
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"reproach",
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"reproof",
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"riot act",
|
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"stricture"
|
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112549",
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
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"noun",
|
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"transitive verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"objurgation":{
|
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"antonyms":[
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"citation",
|
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"commendation",
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"endorsement",
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"indorsement"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a harsh rebuke":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"particularly humiliating for the general was the White House's objurgation of his misguided and unauthorized attempt at enunciating foreign policy"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English objurgacyon, borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French objurgacion, borrowed from Latin obj\u016brg\u0101ti\u014dn-, obj\u016brg\u0101ti\u014d, from obj\u016brg\u0101re \"to reprove, rebuke, find fault with\" (from ob- \"against\" + j\u016brg\u0101re, j\u016brig\u0101re \"to quarrel, wrangle, utter reproaches,\" from j\u016br-, j\u016bs \"law, right, prerogative\" + -ig\u0101re, causative and factitive suffix) + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action \u2014 more at ob- , just entry 1 , fumigate":""
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02cc\u00e4b-j\u0259r-\u02c8g\u0101-sh\u0259n"
|
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],
|
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|
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"commination",
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"rebuke",
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"reprimand",
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"reproach",
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"reproof",
|
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"riot act",
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"stricture"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172711",
|
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"type":[
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"transitive verb"
|
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|
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},
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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": something (such as a situation or chain of events) that symbolizes or objectifies a particular emotion and that may be used in creative writing to evoke a desired emotional response in the reader":[]
|
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Saturday\u2019s march is the objective correlative of that. \u2014 David Zurawik, baltimoresun.com , 23 Mar. 2018"
|
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],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1919, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-094539"
|
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},
|
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|
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|
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|
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": a noun, adjective, or pronoun used in the predicate as complement to a verb and as qualifier of its direct object (such as chairman in \"we elected him chairman\")":[]
|
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|
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"1870, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-094750"
|
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|
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"objective idealism":{
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-150156"
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},
|
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|
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|
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],
|
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|
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": a lens or system of lenses in a microscope, telescope, etc., that forms an image of an object":[]
|
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|
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}
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