objectivism

The philosophy founded by Ayn Rand, which essentially states that one should be rewarded in life based on merit, not on how badly one wants something. This philosophy also perpetuates the idea that one should live one's life for one's own purposes and that one should not place one's goals in other people, and that people who are motivated by a desire to spite, exalt, or out-do other people are shallow with no real ability to cognate. They are properly referred to as second-handers, because they are only able to live at another's expense, or under another's direction. They are truly sad people.

Most of the people on Urban Dictionary who give Ayn Rand and Objectivism bad reviews are suck up socialists or lazy slugs who want their life handed to them by someone else, and do not feel secure in thinking rationally because they do not have the capability of effort to do so.

by mckickass March 15, 2008

Objectivism

Definition:
Objectivism (n.) — the philosophy which explicitly recognizes and consistently applies the primacy of existence in every branch of philosophical inquiry.

Etymology:
From "objective" (Latin objectivus, “considered in relation to an object,” from objectum, “that which is thrown before the mind”) + -ism (denoting a system or doctrine). Coined by Ayn Rand (1905–1982) to name her integrated philosophical system based on objective reality.

“Objectivism rejects all forms of mysticism and subjectivism by upholding reason as man’s only means of knowledge, a consequence of its fundamental premise: the primacy of existence.”

by Cynical Corgi November 9, 2025