Objectivists

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A group of individuals who advocate for a philosophy emphasizing reason, individualism, and objective reality in moral and ethical considerations
2. People who subscribe to a belief system that values rational self-interest and the pursuit of one's own happiness as the highest moral purpose
3. Practitioners of a philosophical viewpoint that rejects subjectivity, promoting the idea that knowledge and truth are based on observable facts and logic rather than feelings or opinions

Etymology: The ending "-ist" began in ancient Greek as "-istēs," a suffix that named someone who practised or followed something. Latin borrowed it as "-ista," and it reached English through Old French "-iste" and Middle English "-ist," so the ending has been naming followers and practitioners for centuries. "Objectivist" is formed by adding this suffix to "objective," producing a term for someone who holds that things should be judged by observable facts rather than feeling or opinion. "Objectivists" is simply its plural, referring to a group of such followers.

Synonyms: realists, pragmatists

Antonyms: subjectivists, idealists