objective observer
collocation in Englishmeaningsofobjectiveandobserver
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objective
adjective
uk/əbˈdʒek.tɪv/us/əbˈdʒek.tɪv/
based on real facts and not influenced by personal beliefs ...
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observer
noun[C]
uk/əbˈzɜː.vər/us/əbˈzɝː.vɚ/
a person who watches what happens but has no active part ...
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(Definition ofobjectiveandobserverfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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She cannot be seen as anobjectiveobserverfor her own emotions are thoroughly engaged.
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Everyobjectiveobserverknows that the contrary is the case.
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The answer of anyobjectiveobserver, of whatever party, must surely be that it is not.
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The second was to lack the political will to take decisions which anobjectiveobserverwould have earlier performed.
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But everyobjectiveobserverremarks upon this slide as it takes place really month by month.
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It is a myth; an absurd calumny that noobjectiveobserversitting in a court would conceivably support.
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To any disinterested,objectiveobserver, that comes as no surprise.
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I say that as a purely disinterested andobjectiveobserver.
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I do not believe that anyobjectiveobserverwould reach a different conclusion.
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He saw what is perfectly clear to anyobjectiveobserver: that the economic base for small shopkeepers in the town is, at best, fragile.
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Here too, you can point—and anyobjectiveobservermust point—to substantial fields of achievement.
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I think that there are, to anyobjectiveobserver, other influences at work.
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Anyobjectiveobserverwould say that it is not.
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I should have thought that anyobjectiveobserver, looking at the issue in that way, would conclude that we have it about right.
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He indulges them by crediting them with an intellectual eminence that anobjectiveobserverwould find quite unjustified.
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Everyobjectiveobserverwho has looked into the regulation has agreed that it is grossly unfair.
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But whatobjectiveobservercan seriously pretend that it is equitable that ground landlords should have their property confiscated in this way?
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He brings expertise as both a politician and anobjectiveobserver.
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To a large extent, that has been achieved, as anyobjectiveobserverwould recognise.
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