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nonobjective

American  
[non-uhb-jek-tiv] / ˌnɒn əbˈdʒɛk tɪv /

adjective

  1. not objective.

  2. Fine Arts. not representing objects known in physical nature; nonrepresentational.

    some nonobjective works by Kandinsky and Mondrian.


nonobjective British  
/ ˌnɒnəbˈdʒɛktɪv /

adjective

  1. of or designating an art movement in which things are depicted in an abstract or purely formalized way, not as they appear in reality

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of nonobjective

First recorded in 1900–05; non- + objective


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There’s also the problem of what you said to her, which was, in my objectively nonobjective opinion, awful.

From Washington Post ● May 1, 2022

More than 50 years later, as his students flop and fly about, making nonobjective sounds and breaking their internal rhythms, what Yakim teaches may look flat-out insane.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2020

In its less drastic forms, it is still somewhat miraculous: a nonobjective, emotional event within a factual, emotionless environment.

From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2018

“My paintings are nonobjective because there’s no object in them,” he said.

From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2012

Willi Baumeister, 66, topnotch West German nonobjective painter whose work was banned by Hitler; of a stroke; in his Stuttgart studio.

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