objectnessn.
/ˈɒbdʒᵻk(t)nəs/, /ˈɒbdʒɛk(t)nəs/, U.S. /ˈɑbdʒək(t)nəs/ The state or quality of being objective; the fact of being an object.See also material objectness n. at material adj., n., and adv. Compounds 1.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > [noun] > object of perception > condition of being
objectness1910
1910 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 7 418 If objectness be not real but mere immanence of cognition, then cognition itself is mere ‘fiction’.
1933 Mind 42 510 This second relation..is a relation neither to the material object nor to ‘objectness’.
1975 Russ. Rev. (N.Y.) 34 272 In futurism, in cubism, space is almost always cultivated, but its form, being connected with objectness, does not convey, even to the imagination, the presence of world space.
1992 New Yorker 14 Dec. 20/2 It's a daring, rich, beautiful work that taps the strain of ‘objectness’ that has coursed though Kelly's career.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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