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subjective
/səbˈdʒɛktɪv/
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What does subjective mean?
adjective
- Formed, as in opinions, based upon a person's feelings or intuition, rather than upon observation or purely logical reasoning; coming more from within the observer than from observations of the external environment.
- Pertaining to subjects as opposed to objects (A subject is one who perceives or is aware; an object is the thing perceived or the thing that the subject is aware of.)
- Resulting from or pertaining to personal mindsets or experience, arising from perceptive mental conditions within the brain and not necessarily or directly from external stimuli.
More meanings (7)
adjective
- Lacking in reality or substance.
- As used by Carl Jung, the innate worldview orientation of the introverted personality types.
- Mind-dependent.
- Experienced by a person mentally and not directly verifiable by others.
- Describing conjugation of a verb that indicates only the subject (agent), not indicating the object (patient) of the action. (In linguistic descriptions of Tundra Nenets, among others.)
noun
- The subjective case.
- A noun or pronoun in the subjective case.
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IPA pronunciation
/səbˈdʒɛktɪv/
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Her conversation was chiefly of what metaphysicians term the objective cast, but every now and then it took a subjective turn.
This is confirmed by legal experience which shows us, also, that the subjective half of a child’s story may be easily identified.
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Psychology of course knows that the objective and subjective worlds are interdependent, inextricably intertwined, but for practical purposes the distinction is convenient.
Many besides Angel have learnt that the magnitude of lives is not as to their external displacements, but as to their subjective experiences.
This is a most egregious mistake, especially in respect to the subtle and complex spiritual experiences which the more deeply subjective poetry embodies.