objectivity
noun
ob·jec·tiv·i·ty
ˌäb-ˌjek-ˈti-və-tē 
əb-
: the quality or character of being objective : lack of favoritism toward one side or another : freedom from bias
Many people questioned the selection committee's objectivity.
It can be difficult for parents to maintain objectivity about their children's accomplishments.
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.—
Bruce Bower
Bruce BowerIn journalistic circles, there was a good deal of hand-wringing that the bonds forged between reporters and soldiers could threaten objectivity.—Mark Jurkowitz
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Examples of objectivity in a Sentence
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Were that to happen, the intelligence community could lose its most precious asset: its reputation for objectivity.
—David V. Gioe, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
Garland’s paeans to objectivity sound noble in theory, but the photojournalist’s lens has never been entirely neutral.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2024
She’s established and cynical, skeptical of liberal bromides, and believes firmly in journalistic objectivity.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
Shuster clearly admires Zelensky but strived for objectivity, a fact further complicated by his Ukrainian roots; his aunts and a niece had to flee Odessa when the fighting started while an uncle, a doctor, stayed behind to treat the wounded.
—Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2024
But the objectivity of journalists was more important than either side of the divide, and there is one.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
But when speaking about the film, Sora maintains a studied objectivity that focuses more on the process of making it than the feelings behind it — much less about his father in general.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 15 Mar. 2024
What Fauci and Collins did, however, amounted to scientific censorship and constituted a serious breach in scientific ethics: Scientists must maintain their objectivity in the search for the truth.
—Cory Franklin, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2024
Unlike the New York Times, which concealed its ideological convictions under a suit-and-tie façade of objectivity, the Voice was resolutely committed to impassioned advocacy — the more expansively personal, the better.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
David V. Gioe, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
Garland’s paeans to objectivity sound noble in theory, but the photojournalist’s lens has never been entirely neutral.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2024
She’s established and cynical, skeptical of liberal bromides, and believes firmly in journalistic objectivity.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
Shuster clearly admires Zelensky but strived for objectivity, a fact further complicated by his Ukrainian roots; his aunts and a niece had to flee Odessa when the fighting started while an uncle, a doctor, stayed behind to treat the wounded.
—Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2024
But the objectivity of journalists was more important than either side of the divide, and there is one.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
But when speaking about the film, Sora maintains a studied objectivity that focuses more on the process of making it than the feelings behind it — much less about his father in general.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 15 Mar. 2024
What Fauci and Collins did, however, amounted to scientific censorship and constituted a serious breach in scientific ethics: Scientists must maintain their objectivity in the search for the truth.
—Cory Franklin, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2024
Unlike the New York Times, which concealed its ideological convictions under a suit-and-tie façade of objectivity, the Voice was resolutely committed to impassioned advocacy — the more expansively personal, the better.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
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“Objectivity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/objectivity. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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