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
I admit it is fun, liberating even, to be nonobjective.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2023
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
The journalistic value of its front-page editorials, the screaming slanted headlines and the nonobjective reporting was nil, but they were calculated to inflame and prejudice the public.
From Time Magazine Archive
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