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nonobjective

adjective
non·​ob·​jec·​tive | \ ËŒnän-É™b-ˈjek-tiv How to pronounce nonobjective (audio) \

Definition of nonobjective

1 : not objective
2 : representing or intended to represent no natural or actual object, figure, or scene nonobjective art
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Other Words from nonobjective

nonobjectivism \ ËŒnän-​É™b-​ˈjek-​ti-​ËŒvi-​zÉ™m How to pronounce nonobjectivism (audio) \ noun
nonobjectivist \ ËŒnän-​É™b-​ˈjek-​ti-​vist How to pronounce nonobjectivist (audio) \ noun
nonobjectivity \ ËŒnän-​ˌäb-​ËŒjek-​ˈti-​vÉ™-​tÄ“ How to pronounce nonobjectivity (audio) , -​É™b-​ \ noun

Examples of nonobjective in a Sentence

the real subject of his nonobjective paintings is color—and the intense emotional response it can provoke in the viewer

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 De Kooning used to talk about how putting facial features into otherwise nonobjective pictures gave him a point of contact, a way to organize the chaos. — Dmitry Samarov, Chicago Reader, "Arts / Visual Art Duk Ju L. Kim’s paintings speak for themselves," 23 Feb. 2018 The show charts Pape’s prolific path, from her youthful days in the nonobjective concrete-art movement to her defection to the more playful neo-concretism, ending with later works of anything-goes independence. — The New Yorker, "Lygia Pape: A Multitude of Forms," 8 Apr. 2017

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First Known Use of nonobjective

1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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