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Synonyms for object

no object

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protest against

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  • protest against
  • oppose
  • say no to
  • kick (against)
  • argue against
  • draw the line (at something)
  • take exception
  • raise objections
  • cry out against
  • complain against
  • take up the cudgels against
  • expostulate against

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disagree

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Synonyms for object

something having material existence

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one that exists independently

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a separate and distinct portion of matter

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to express opposition, often by argument

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to have an objection

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to have or express an unfavorable opinion of

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Synonyms for object

the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)

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(computing) a discrete item that provides a description of virtually anything known to a computer

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express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent

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be averse to or express disapproval of

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In the remainder of the present lecture I shall state in outline the view which I advocate, and show how various other views out of which mine has grown result from modifications of the threefold analysis into act, content and object.
The next point of criticism concerns the relation of content and object. The reference of thoughts to objects is not, I believe, the simple direct essential thing that Brentano and Meinong represent it as being.
Speaking in popular and unphilosophical terms, we may say that the content of a thought is supposed to be something in your head when you think the thought, while the object is usually something in the outer world.
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Still, despite these colossal dimensions, the actual enlargements scarcely exceeded 6,000 times in round numbers; consequently, the moon was brought within no nearer an apparent distance than thirty-nine miles; and objects of less than sixty feet in diameter, unless they were of very considerable length, were still imperceptible.
What were they about to discover in the field of this telescope which magnified objects 48,000 times?
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This is likewise the case with regard to perception: for the object of perception is, it appears, prior to the act of perception.
If, however, our definition was not complete, if those things only are properly called relative in the case of which relation to an external object is a necessary condition of existence, perhaps some explanation of the dilemma may be found.
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"I am known," said the Object, dashing itself again at the wall, "as the Consciousness of Duty Well Performed."
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When we pass from the works of nature, in which all the delineations are perfectly accurate, and appear to be otherwise only from the imperfection of the eye which surveys them, to the institutions of man, in which the obscurity arises as well from the object itself as from the organ by which it is contemplated, we must perceive the necessity of moderating still further our expectations and hopes from the efforts of human sagacity.
Here, then, are three sources of vague and incorrect definitions: indistinctness of the object, imperfection of the organ of conception, inadequateness of the vehicle of ideas.
Every man will be sensible of this difficulty, in proportion as he has been accustomed to contemplate and discriminate objects extensive and complicated in their nature.
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It was the same with other known objects. Up to five, whether shoes or shirts or pillow-slips, Michael would fetch the number requested.
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The superiority of influence in favor of the particular governments would result partly from the diffusive construction of the national government, but chiefly from the nature of the objects to which the attention of the State administrations would be directed.
This strong propensity of the human heart would find powerful auxiliaries in the objects of State regulation.
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But the chief ground of my satisfaction with thus method, was the assurance I had of thereby exercising my reason in all matters, if not with absolute perfection, at least with the greatest attainable by me: besides, I was conscious that by its use my mind was becoming gradually habituated to clearer and more distinct conceptions of its objects; and I hoped also, from not having restricted this method to any particular matter, to apply it to the difficulties of the other sciences, with not less success than to those of algebra.
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