the quality or fact of not desiring.

any of various philosophical doctrines that stress the external independent existence of what is perceived or known; objectivism.

an ethical theory maintaining that the validity of ethical assertions can be determined objectively; objectivism.

the use of objective methods in art or literature; objectivism.

the state of being absolute, not related or having no variable and relative values.

a degree of detachment from or nonidentification with the characters or circumstances of a work of art, permitting the formation of judgements based on aesthetic rather than extra-aesthetic criteria; aesthetic distance.