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Definitions for subjective
səbˈdʒɛk tɪvsub·jec·tive

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. subjectiveadjective

    taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias

    "a subjective judgment"

  2. immanent, subjectiveadjective

    of a mental act performed entirely within the mind

    "a cognition is an immanent act of mind"

Wiktionary

  1. subjectiveadjective

    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.)

  2. subjectiveadjective

    Formed, as in opinions, based upon a person's feelings or intuition, not upon observation or reasoning; coming more from within the observer than from observations of the external environment.

  3. subjectiveadjective

    Resulting from or pertaining to personal mindsets or experience, arising from perceptive mental conditions within the brain and not necessarily from external stimuli.

  4. subjectiveadjective

    Lacking in reality or substance.

  5. subjectiveadjective

    As used by Carl Jung the innate worldview orientation of the introverted personality types.

  6. subjectiveadjective

    Experienced by a person mentally and not directly verifiable by others

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Subjectiveadjective

    Relating not to the object but the subject.

    Etymology: from subject.

    Certainty, according to the schools, is distinguished into objective and subjective: objective is when the proposition is certainly true in itself; and subjective, when we are certain of the truth of it. Isaac Watts.

ChatGPT

  1. subjective

    Subjective refers to ideas, feelings, or perceptions that are based on an individual's personal perspectives, feelings, beliefs, or opinions rather than facts or evidence. It is often influenced by personal biases and is unique to each person.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Subjectiveadjective

    of or pertaining to a subject

  2. Subjectiveadjective

    especially, pertaining to, or derived from, one's own consciousness, in distinction from external observation; ralating to the mind, or intellectual world, in distinction from the outward or material excessively occupied with, or brooding over, one's own internal states

  3. Subjectiveadjective

    modified by, or making prominent, the individuality of a writer or an artist; as, a subjective drama or painting; a subjective writer

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  1. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'subjective' in Adjectives Frequency: #946

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of subjective in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of subjective in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of subjective in a Sentence

  1. Loren Weisman:

    Staying with statements that are still assertive, but placed in the subjective format can help in debate, conversations and communication. It can open as many doors for authority, while applying humility and honor for another persons views.

  2. Mweemba Pious:

    The problem with the force of tribalism is that, it survives only when you're with your relatives but subsides when you start counting your personal friends. It's a nonsensical, subjective fundamental force, thus why it exists nowhere in physics.

  3. Byron Donalds:

    Honestly, I think Big Tech is a joke at this point. You know, if you were going to censor conservatives with their thoughts about, you know, vaccines or their thoughts about, you know, the 2020 elections, but you're not going to take the Russians off the platform who are literally putting out disinformation - not misinformation, disinformation about what's happened in Ukraine ? I think Big Tech's Big Tech, i think Big Tech's atrocious. They need to actually be consistent. If they were consistent, nobody would have a problem. But the issue is that they're being politically subjective simply because, in my view, they support Democrats and a liberal ideology in a liberal agenda.

  4. John Levey:

    I think writers get things in their head, and if an actor doesn’t fit that they can’t handle it. Attractiveness is subjective. When it’s not romantic, sexual or violent, I try to eliminate physical description and try to get writers out of their heads.

  5. John Burdon Sanderson Haldane:

    I have come to the conclusion that my subjective account of my motivation is largely mythical on almost all occasions. I don't know why I do things.

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