Objectivisation

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The act of converting personal experiences into empirical data contextually defines a method of standardizing subjective views into objective measures
2. This refers to the transformation of individual opinions into verifiable information, establishing a clearer understanding
3. The process of changing personal perspectives or feelings into measurable, impartial data

Etymology: "Objectivisation" is a plain formation: the verb "objectivise," meaning to make something objective, with the noun-forming suffix "-ation" added to name the process. The suffix "-ation," which English took from Latin "-atio" through Old French, turns a verb into a noun for an action or its result, so "objectivisation" names the act of making a thing objective. The base verb draws on "objective," which comes from medieval Latin "obiectivus," a term used by scholastic philosophers for what exists as an object of thought, as opposed to what exists independently in the world. Over the centuries the adjective shifted toward its modern sense of free from personal bias. Adding "-ise" and then "-ation" produced a term for the process of pulling subjective experience into a form that can be measured and checked by anyone.