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objective correlative
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noun Literature.
a completely depicted situation or chain of events that objectifies a particular emotion in such a way as to produce or evoke that emotion in the reader.
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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.
Origin of objective correlative
First recorded in 1840–50
Words nearby objective correlative
objection, objectionable, objective, objective case, objective complement, objective correlative, objective danger, objective genitive, objective idealism, objectively, objective point
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