objectivist

Semi-intelligent person labouring under the delusion that turgid prose, two-dimensional characters and ill-considered high-sounding sermonizing qualifies as "philosophy".

The philosopher was greatly amused when the computer support gimp tried to tell him he was an objectivist.

by zeitblom August 29, 2003

Objectified

A term originally associated with 19th century German philosophy, especially that of Hegel, in which the positive action of a person (the Subject/actor) transformed that which was acted upon (the Object/thing acted upon). 20th century radicals subsequently referred to cultures or peoples who were exploited, sexualized or romanticized in by Westerners as being "Objectified" in and by Western culture, rather than understood has having their own identities and agency.

Tunisian novelist Albert Menni's "The Colonizer and the Colonized" is one of the best books about how the European conquest of North Africa objectified Arabs and their culture.

by BxMuscle August 22, 2018

objectivitism

Alteration of objectivism.

This word originated in 1999 on a free ProBoards forum when some diehard randroid came and put a quote relating to Objectivism in her signature. This caused ads for Objectivist dating/sportswear/etc. to appear on every thread---the administrator quickly added "objectivism" to the censored word list and made it so every time she used this word it would become "objectivitism."

Since then, the word has come into widespread use in our community and probably others as well; where I live, you frequently hear people referring to "objectivitism" or "objectivitists" when referring to Ayn Rand's philosophy or her followers, respectively.

Jennifer is a diehard Objectivitist; she is a devout follower of Objectivitism.

by Kathryn January 22, 2005

objective morality

The disbelief that right and wrong are pure and consistent concepts given to us by God or Yahweh which can't be challenged, redefined or argued against. In other words, our world is one with no moral grays. Everybody is either a wholesome follower, or a sinful deviant.

"God gave us objective morality, meaning I don't need to take responsibility for my misogyny and homophobic tendencies."

"Well golly gee willickers, thank goodness we don't have to think about the consequences for our actions!"

"Yup. I knew there had to be a reason society had come to disincentive theft, murder and rape."

"Actually Bobby, rape's a go according to the Bible."

"On the contrary Mary-Ann, rape is portrayed negatively in our media which retroactively changes the morals of our Bible to conform with modern sensibilities."

"That doesn't sound very objective, Bobby."

"Shut the fuck up Mary."

by Ravio October 4, 2016

Objective-C

A mediocre and generally useless programming language composed of C and Smalltalk poorly stitched together. It is basically Apple's own little Visual Basic.

Objective-C is the language of choice when developing applications for iOS, which is literally the only reason you would ever want to use it.

Thanks to Objective-C, we have more than enough fart and Sudoku apps to go around.

by dontkillalljewspls July 1, 2011

objective

The little sentence at the top of a resume that states the reason you are applying for that job.

Objective:
To become a well rounded person and learn about the ______ industry.

by Asha_123 January 27, 2007

objectivism

Politically-correct term for evil.

"Please, we don't use the word 'avarice' around here. We prefer 'objectivism'."

by Alex Stockwell November 21, 2013