subjective

subjective

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English

Etymology

subject +‎ -ive

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səbˈd͡ʒɛktɪv/, /sʌbˈd͡ʒɛktɪv/
  • Rhymes: -ɛktɪv
  • Hyphenation: sub‧ject‧ive

Adjective

subjective (comparative more subjective, superlative most subjective)

  1. 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.
  2. 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.)
  3. 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.
  4. Lacking in reality or substance.
  5. As used by Carl Jung, the innate worldview orientation of the introverted personality types.
  6. (philosophy, psychology) Experienced by a person mentally and not directly verifiable by others.
  7. (linguistics, grammar) 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.)

Antonyms

  • objective

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

  • "subjective" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 308.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /syb.ʒɛk.tiv/

Adjective

subjective

  1. feminine singular of subjectif

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