nonobjective
Americanadjective
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not objective.
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Fine Arts. not representing objects known in physical nature; nonrepresentational.
some nonobjective works by Kandinsky and Mondrian.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of nonobjective
Example Sentences
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It doesn’t play films so much as beam out nonobjective cinema, like a psychedelic liquid light show.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
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
By contrast, other 20th century nonobjective artists explored painting’s visual structure as its own spiritual reality.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2018
In its less drastic forms, it is still somewhat miraculous: a nonobjective, emotional event within a factual, emotionless environment.
From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2018
It is claimed that nonobjective art is the perfect expression of what now seems to be an atomic age, or is in any case a scientificomechanical age, and perhaps that is true.
From Time Magazine Archive
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