objectal
objectal adjective: having the form of an object or objects; pertaining to the physical form of something; material.
Adjective
objectal (comparative more objectal, superlative most objectal)
- Having the form of an object or objects; pertaining to the physical form of something; material.
- The objectal world that is perceived by humans is objectively reflected in their thought because it is the lawfully complementary object of the thinking subject.1989, Paul Diel, Fear and Anxiety: Primary Triggers of Survival and Evolution, page 122
- Yet this speciality does not render this object as noncommittal to its objectal base. Art object retains its materiality. In fact, its commitment to the objectal base and this retention of the materiality provide art subject with its logic of becoming.1995, Ratan Parimoo, Indramohan Sharma, Maharaja Sayajirao, Creative arts in modern India: essays in comparative criticism, →ISBN
- Concerning the cognitive representation of an object outside the self.
- To what extent is a discourse purely single-voiced and without any objectal character, possible in literature?1984, Tzvetan Todorov, Mikhail Bakhtin: The Dialogical Principle, →ISBN, page 68
- Environmental conditions are recognized as affirming or negating only in relation to accommodations that constitute neither affirmation nor negation, because preparedness for them is non-objectal.1988, Rachel Melkman, The Construction of objectivity: a new look at the first months of life, →ISBN
Examples of objectal in a sentence
- Objectal knowledge can also be found in the organization of the workplace, of the shop, of the plant.2014, Geoffrey Bowker, Susan Leigh Star, Les Gasser, Social Science, Technical Systems, and Cooperative Work, →ISBN:
- As with the previous infants, no object constancy score was obtained at three months, and an objectal score at three months was obtained.1991 -, Vita Krall, Sherman C. Feinstein, Psychological Development of High Risk Multiple Birth Children, →ISBN:
- Identification is a process that oscillates between these two poles: 'a narcissistic identity' pole; and an other-aware, 'objectal pole'.2001, Karl Figlio, Psychoanalysis, Science and Masculinity, →ISBN, page 123:
Forms of objectal
| comparative | more objectal |
|---|---|
| superlative | most objectal |
Origin of objectal
From object + -al.
Questions about objectal
- What does objectal mean?
- Objectal means having the form of an object or objects; pertaining to the physical form of something; material.
- How do you use objectal in a sentence?
- Objectal knowledge can also be found in the organization of the workplace, of the shop, of the plant.
- What part of speech is objectal?
- Objectal is an adjective.
Words near objectal in the dictionary
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