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objective correlatives

objective correlatives is the plural of objective correlative.

Meaning of objective correlative

Noun

objective correlative (plural objective correlatives)

  1. A physical representation or manifestation of an abstract concept; especially, a symbolic artistic representation of a particular emotion, feeling etc.
    • Neil Young invented strung-out country-rock in 1975 with his album Tonight's the Night, its bittersweet desolation finding an objective correlative in the setting of America's south-western desert states.2007 February 2, Mat Snow, The Guardian

Questions about objective correlatives

What is objective correlatives the plural of?
Objective correlatives is the plural of objective correlative.

Words near objective correlatives in the dictionary

  1. objective case
  2. objective cases
  3. objective clause
  4. objective clauses
  5. objective correlative
  6. objective correlatives
  7. objective function
  8. objective functions
  9. objective lens
  10. objective lenses
  11. objective piece

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