Definitions

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  • noun One who believes in objectivism.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to objectivism
  • noun An advocate of objectivism.

Etymologies

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objective +‎ -ist

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Examples

  • I have a super capitalist friend who is a pure "objectivist" - and he's insane sometimes.

    reddit.com: what's new online! 2009

  • They also have a resident troll -- a "historian" who's every bit as annoying and long-winded as our objectivist was a while back.

    Incertus 2009

  • I had known of Henry George only that he popularized the Single Tax on land and, in the 19th century, had spoken out against economic inequality -- not that he had moved far to the right of the political spectrum, or that his followers were mainly von Misians and the school was basically a feeder into the Ayn Rand "objectivist" cult that had been an early training ground for Alan Greenspan.

    Michael W. Hudson: My Talk With Michael Hudson, Part 2 Michael W. Hudson 2010

  • I had known of Henry George only that he popularized the Single Tax on land and, in the 19th century, had spoken out against economic inequality -- not that he had moved far to the right of the political spectrum, or that his followers were mainly von Misians and the school was basically a feeder into the Ayn Rand "objectivist" cult that had been an early training ground for Alan Greenspan.

    Michael W. Hudson: My Talk With Michael Hudson, Part 2 Michael W. Hudson 2010

  • I had known of Henry George only that he popularized the Single Tax on land and, in the 19th century, had spoken out against economic inequality -- not that he had moved far to the right of the political spectrum, or that his followers were mainly von Misians and the school was basically a feeder into the Ayn Rand "objectivist" cult that had been an early training ground for Alan Greenspan.

    Michael W. Hudson: My Talk With Michael Hudson, Part 2 Michael W. Hudson 2010

  • And for those who don't have the time, here's an interview where Rand summarises her "objectivist" philosophy for - who else?

    Britain, by Ayn Rand 2009

  • Some interpretations are "objectivist," taking probabilities to be, possibly, frequencies of outcomes, or idealized limits of such frequencies or perhaps measures of "dispositions" or "propensities" of outcomes in specified test situations.

    Philosophy of Statistical Mechanics Sklar, Lawrence 2009

  • Of course, classifications such as "objectivist" and "nonnaturalist," are only a partial explanation of pantheists 'ethical views.

    Pantheism Levine, Michael 2007

  • The materialist or "objectivist" may be satisfied with such a result, but it is a result which does not answer the question of philosophy, but rather denies that any answer is possible.

    The Complex Vision John Cowper Powys 1917

  • Your reasoned argument and persuasive civility bespeaks of your "objectivist" ideology.

    digg.com: Stories / Popular 2009

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