Objectivize

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To turn subjective concepts into objective assessments means establishing measurable criteria for evaluation
2. The process of rendering something objective includes articulating personal perceptions in evidential terms
3. To convert subjective views into objective measurements involves framing opinions as verifiable facts for analysis

Etymology: "Objectivize" is a plain formation: the adjective "objective" with the verb-forming suffix "-ize" attached. "Objective" comes from Late Latin "obiectivus," a term from medieval philosophy describing what exists in the mind as an object of thought, and it reached English through Medieval Latin usage. The suffix "-ize" comes from Greek "-izein," which English adopted for turning a noun or adjective into a verb meaning to make or treat in a certain way, as in "modernize" or "categorize." Because the word is built this way, its sense follows the parts. To objectivize something is to make it objective, which here means taking a private impression, such as a feeling or hunch, and restating it in terms that others can check or observe. The stress falls on the act of conversion rather than on any new idea, so the verb reads as a direct description of that process.

Synonyms: realize, materialize, actualize, embody, manifest

Antonyms: subjectivize, disembody, abstract, theorize, imagine