non-evaluativeadj.
/ˌnɒnᵻˈvaljʊətɪv/, U.S. /ˌnɑnəˈvæljəwədɪv/, /ˌnɑniˈvæljəwədɪv/, /ˌnɑnəˈvæljəˌweɪdɪv/, /ˌnɑniˈvæljəˌweɪdɪv/ Not involving evaluation or judgement; concerned only with fact.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [adjective] > concerned only with fact
non-evaluative1912
1912 Philos. Rev. 21 435 The question whether evaluation plays an essential rôle in scientific method or whether it is wholly superseded by description, the latter being assumed to be a purely non-evaluative process.
1932 Social Forces Oct. 37 The ‘strictly’ scientific view puts a ‘value’ on a non-evaluative science.
1973 ‘J. Patrick’ Glasgow Gang Observed xxi. 219 Adolescents..did not know how to react to the non-evaluative, non-judgmental approach of the street worker.
1998 Jrnl. Consumer Res. 25 154/1 These subjects were asked to rate each segment on four nonevaluative dimensions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1912- to run a trainscent
- to run a water
- to run a-madding
- to run a-on madding
- to run a-tilt
- to run aboard
- to run across
- to run afoul
- to run afoul of
- to run after
- to run against
- to run aground
- to run ahead of oneself
- to run along
- to run amadding
- to run amok
- to run an etc up the flagpole
- to run an idea up the flagpole
- to run an suggestion up the flagpole
- to run and read
- to run and run
- to run aon madding
- to run around
- to run around like a blue-arsed fly
- to run around like a bluearsed fly