The objective definition is very difficult to pin down. My personal takeaway is that quality in practical day to day life is a trait which lets us judge things comparatively, not objectively.<p>Thats an important distinction though. While it is difficult pin down whether something individual <i>is quality</i> or <i>has quality</i>, it is easy enough to compare it to something else and say whether it has more or less.<p>When most people say &quot;this is a quality _______&quot;, the comparison is implicit.