Definitions for subjective
səbˈdʒɛk tɪvsub·jec·tive

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.8 / 4 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

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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 DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

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. Subjective

   Subjective vs. Objective -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Subjective and Objective.

2. Subjective

   Subjective vs. Subjunctive -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Subjective and Subjunctive.

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1. • Philosophy

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

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

How to pronounce subjective?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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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. Elliott Antman:

   It is important to realize that the results of this small study are preliminary and depend heavily on the subjective report of relief of discomfort by the study subjects.

2. Abraham Harold Maslow:

   Become aware of internal, subjective subverbal experiences, so that these experiences can be brought into the world of abstraction, of conversation, of naming, etc., with the consequence that it immediately becomes possible for a certain amount of control to be exerted over these hither unconscious and uncontrollable processes

3. 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.

4. Thomas Troward:

   The subjective mind is entirely under the control of the objective mind. With the utmost fidelity it reproduces and works out to its final consequences whatever the objective mind impresses upon it.

5. Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki:

   He wanted this one shot not to be completely objective, so that made it very hard, the shot is sometimes very subjective, so you are feeling what he is feeling and you are watching what he is watching, and then goes back to reveal the environment.

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