objectiveness

noun

as in objectivity
lack of favoritism toward one side or another in the evaluation of their children's musical talent, objectiveness is probably the last thing that we should expect from doting parents

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Recent Examples of objectiveness Scholl was a walking catalogue who brought his journalistic objectiveness to preservation, Matuszewicz said. — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 11 Jan. 2026
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  1. objectivity
  2. neutrality
  3. neutralism
Noun
  • Her lawyer Abbe Lowell last month said questions about the committee's fairness and objectivity would have to be addressed before the hearing could occur.
    — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Mauricio Marcon, a lawmaker of Bolsonaro's Liberal Party, also questioned de Moraes' objectivity on Tuesday.
    — MATTHEW LEE, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of objectivity
Noun
  • The two questions the high court will examine include how the Employment Division‘s rule on a law’s neutrality should be applied and if the 10th Circuit should have used a different precedent as its guide, rather than the Employment Division.
    — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2026
  • As provost at Johns Hopkins, Jayawardhana co-signed a 2024 statement committing the university to restraint in taking public positions on social and political issues, a practice often called institutional neutrality.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of neutrality
Noun
  • India, an avatar of forceful neutralism early on, saw its influence diminished by regional conflict and domestic troubles.
    — Erez Manela, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Globalizing impulses helped bring about a flourishing of neutralism.
    — Leo Robson, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2016
Definition of neutralism

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