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objective correlative

noun

, Literature.
  1. a completely depicted situation or chain of events that objectifies a particular emotion in such a way as to produce or evoke that emotion in the reader.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of objective correlative1

First recorded in 1840–50
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Example Sentences

To hell with seven types of ambiguity, the objective correlative, and the anxiety of influence.

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