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sub·jec·tive

(səb-jĕk′tĭv)

adj.

a. Dependent on or taking place in a person’s mind rather than the external world: «The sensation of pain is a highly subjective experience that varies by culture as well as by individual temperament and situation» (John Hoberman).

b. Based on a given person’s experience, understanding, and feelings; personal or individual: admitted he was making a highly subjective judgment.

2. Psychology Not caused by external stimuli.

3. Medicine Of, relating to, or designating a symptom or complaint perceived by a patient.

4. Expressing or bringing into prominence the individuality of the artist or author.

5. Grammar Relating to or being the nominative case.

6. Relating to the real nature of something; essential.

sub·jec′tive·ly adv.

sub·jec′tive·ness, sub′jec·tiv′i·ty (sŭb′jĕk-tĭv′ĭ-tē) n.

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subjective

(səbˈdʒɛktɪv)

adj

1. belonging to, proceeding from, or relating to the mind of the thinking subject and not the nature of the object being considered

2. of, relating to, or emanating from a person’s emotions, prejudices, etc: subjective views.

3. relating to the inherent nature of a person or thing; essential

4. (Philosophy) existing only as perceived and not as a thing in itself

5. (Medicine) med (of a symptom, condition, etc) experienced only by the patient and incapable of being recognized or studied by anyone else

6. (Grammar) grammar denoting a case of nouns and pronouns, esp in languages having only two cases, that identifies the subject of a finite verb and (in formal use in English) is selected for predicate complements, as in It is I. See also nominative¹

(Grammar) grammar

a. the subjective case

b. a subjective word or speech element

Abbreviation: subj

subˈjectively adv

ˌsubjecˈtivity, subˈjectiveness n

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sub•jec•tive

(səbˈdʒɛk tɪv)

adj.

1. existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).

2. pertaining to or characteristic of an individual; personal: a subjective evaluation.

3. placing excessive emphasis on one’s own moods, attitudes, opinions, etc.

4. Philos. relating to or of the nature of an object as it is known in the mind as distinct from a thing in itself.

5. relating to properties or specific conditions of the mind as distinguished from general or universal experience.

6. pertaining to the subject or substance in which attributes inhere; essential.

a. of or designating a grammatical case that typically indicates the subject of a finite verb; nominative (contrasted with objective).

b. of or pertaining to the subject of a sentence.

8. Obs. characteristic of a political subject; submissive.

[1400–50; < Latin subjectīvus]

sub•jec′tive•ly, adv.

sub•jec′tive•ness, sub`jec•tiv′i•ty, n.

subjective

Used to describe a case of nouns and pronouns that identify the subject of a finite verb.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

subjective — taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias; «a subjective judgment»

nonsubjective, objective — undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena; «an objective appraisal»; «objective evidence»

subjective — of a mental act performed entirely within the mind; «a cognition is an immanent act of mind»

philosophy — the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics

subjective

adjective personal, emotional, prejudiced, biased, instinctive, intuitive, idiosyncratic, nonobjective We know that taste in art is a subjective matter.
objective, detached, impartial, open-minded, impersonal, disinterested, unbiased, dispassionate

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

subjective

adjective

Based on individual judgment or discretion:

Translations

ذاتي

subjektivní

subjektiv

szubjektív

huglægur; hlutdrægur

subjektívny

subjektiven

Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

subjective

[səbˈdʒɛktɪv] adj → subjectif/ive

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

subjective

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

subjective

[səbˈdʒɛktɪv] adj → soggettivo/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

subject

(ˈsabdʒikt) adjective

(of countries etc) not independent, but dominated by another power. subject nations.

noun

1. a person who is under the rule of a monarch or a member of a country that has a monarchy etc. We are loyal subjects of the Queen; He is a British subject.

2. someone or something that is talked about, written about etc. We discussed the price of food and similar subjects; What was the subject of the debate?; The teacher tried to think of a good subject for their essay; I’ve said all I can on that subject.

3. a branch of study or learning in school, university etc. He is taking exams in seven subjects; Mathematics is his best subject.

4. a thing, person or circumstance suitable for, or requiring, a particular kind of treatment, reaction etc. I don’t think her behaviour is a subject for laughter.

5. in English, the word(s) representing the person or thing that usually does the action shown by the verb, and with which the verb agrees. The cat sat on the mat; He hit her because she broke his toy; He was hit by the ball.

(səbˈdʒekt) verb

1. to bring (a person, country etc) under control. They have subjected all the neighbouring states (to their rule).

2. to cause to suffer, or submit (to something). He was subjected to cruel treatment; These tyres are subjected to various tests before leaving the factory.

subjection (səbˈdʒekʃən) nounsubjective (səbˈdʒektiv) adjective

(of a person’s attitude etc) arising from, or influenced by, his own thoughts and feelings only; not objective or impartial. You must try not to be too subjective if you are on a jury in a court of law.

subˈjectively adverbsubject matter

the subject discussed in an essay, book etc.

change the subject

to start talking about something different. I mentioned the money to her, but she changed the subject.

subject to

1. liable or likely to suffer from or be affected by. He is subject to colds; The programme is subject to alteration.

2. depending on. These plans will be put into practice next week, subject to your approval.

sub·jec·tive

a. subjectivo-a;

___ symptoms → síntomas ___ -s.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

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Adjective

Art is never a commodity. Commodities are identical units of sure value—bushels of wheat, say—whose price fluctuates from time to time and place to place. Art works are one-of-a-kind … items, materially worthless, which have in common that a price is asked for them. Their value is entirely subjective.

—Peter Schjedlahl, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2009

Our perception of loudness is subjective, but sound has an intensity, independent of our hearing, that is measured in decibels (dB).

—Jennifer Barone, Discover, July/August 2009

Science is the study of facts—things that are measurable, testable, repeatable, verifiable. I won’t bore you with the inevitable discussion of objective reality and how it’s ultimately unknowable because we filter it through our individual subjective realities, I’ll cut directly to the chase. Science is about the stuff we can agree on. Rocks are hard, water is wet.

—David Gerrold, Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 2005

Besides, I am not doing this for the anthropology. My aim is nothing so mistily subjective as to «experience poverty» or find out how it «really feels» to be a long-term low-wage worker.

—Barbara Ehrenreich, Harper’s, January 1999

Dreaming is a subjective experience.

a person’s subjective perception of the world

Personal taste in clothing is very subjective.

In reviewing applicants, we consider both objective criteria, such as test scores, and subjective criteria, such as leadership ability.

Law can be maddeningly subjective. So much is left up to your own interpretation.

Recent Examples on the Web

In today’s society where truth seems to be subjective, belief in these systems can be both extremely advantageous and extremely detrimental.

—Ozi Amanat, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023

Studies have found that clutter is subjective.

—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2023

Those grades are subjective.

—Nathan Baird, cleveland, 28 Jan. 2023

Fit: Fit, of course, is somewhat subjective depending on your body, but some elements are worth considering regardless of your size.

—Isaiah Freeman-schub, Robb Report, 31 Mar. 2023

Today’s daily digit A somewhat subjective rating of the day’s weather, on a scale of 0 to 10. 3/10: After Sunday’s sunny 70-degree weather, today’s rainy 50s are a downer.

—Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2023

These can be very subjective concepts driven by everyone’s life experience, and can be affected by long-standing family dynamics.

—Standard Chartered Bank, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023

This is a very subjective question, but in general, yes, biometric gun safes are worth it.

—Travis Smola, Field & Stream, 13 Mar. 2023

But your first day of spring is subjective.

—Lauren Jackson, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2023

Given that any critic’s views are by their very nature subjective, the lists that follow don’t claim to be definitive or even directive.

—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Dec. 2022

Often called the Banksys of financial fudging and the van Goghs of offshoring pre-tax income to foreign countries, these middle-aged white men will nurture your flair for the subjective.

—Meghana Indurti, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2022

If the subjective is no longer available as a method of entry, the critic must find alternative admission.

—SPIN, 8 Feb. 2022

The zaniness goes beyond the subjective: There are historical data points that show just how anomalous these playoffs have been.

—Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 31 Jan. 2022

Though famed as a regional pictorialist, her writing seems remarkably modern in its incorporation of the subjective and eroticism into narratives.

—John Hopewell, Variety, 10 Sep. 2021

But Ryan Germany, the general counsel in Raffensperger’s office, said if the state doesn’t switch from a subjective to an objective way of verifying absentee ballots, election officials could become targets, as some were after November.

—Quinn Scanlan, ABC News, 20 Feb. 2021

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adjective

existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).

pertaining to or characteristic of an individual; personal; individual: a subjective evaluation.

placing excessive emphasis on one’s own moods, attitudes, opinions, etc.; unduly egocentric.

Philosophy. relating to or of the nature of an object as it is known in the mind as distinct from a thing in itself.

relating to properties or specific conditions of the mind as distinguished from general or universal experience.

pertaining to the subject or substance in which attributes inhere; essential.

Grammar.

pertaining to or constituting the subject of a sentence.
(in English and certain other languages) noting a case specialized for that use, as He in He hit the ball.
similar to such a case in meaning.Compare nominative.

Obsolete. characteristic of a political subject; submissive.

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Origin of subjective

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English: “submissive to a ruler,” from Latin subjectīvus; see subject, -ive

OTHER WORDS FROM subjective

sub·jec·tive·ly, adverbsub·jec·tive·ness, nounnon·sub·jec·tive, adjectivenon·sub·jec·tive·ness, noun

qua·si-sub·jec·tive, adjectiveun·sub·jec·tive, adjective

Words nearby subjective

subject catalogue, subject complement, subjected, subjectify, subjection, subjective, subjective complement, subjective idealism, subjective intension, subjectively, subjective spirit

Words related to subjective

abstract, biased, idiosyncratic, illusory, instinctive, intuitive, personal, fanciful, individual, introspective, introverted, nonobjective, nonrepresentative, prejudiced, unobjective

How to use subjective in a sentence

Moreover, we don’t generally take these facts to be mere records of our subjective preferences or of cultural norms.
These algorithms may seem mathematical and objective, but Woolley says the system is “incredibly subjective,” with many human decisions behind how and why particular content gets recommended.
There is still almost no scientific understanding of how the “boops” of electrochemical pulses in the brain become the subjective experience of thinking, feeling, or remembering.
However, judging the quality of writing is highly subjective.

Of course, measuring emotions is highly complex, and given how subjective and multifaceted they are, quantitative measurements will never entirely displace the qualitative element of evaluating and describing what we’re thinking and feeling.
For one thing, the subjective/objective distinction is fundamental to Western notions of scholarship, and science itself.
The whole goal is to create an effective experience of fear, which is subjective.
Unless you can find good criticism, which is hard to do, because you get too subjective.
The subjective and unverifiable nature of pain is one of the most challenging aspects of managing it.
These results, of course, are subjective and totally unscientific.
They were not pretenders and quacks; they were sceptics who denied subjective truths, and labored for outward advantage.
He did not deny to ideas a subjective existence, but he did deny that they have an objective existence.
Let us put aside for a moment planetary and sidereal visions, which appear more subjective than objective.
So far as we can learn, the benefit was entirely in the subjective symptoms of the patient.
Mr. Melchers attacks whatever suits his particular mood, and his art is not suggestive of a subjective temperament.

British Dictionary definitions for subjective

adjective

belonging to, proceeding from, or relating to the mind of the thinking subject and not the nature of the object being considered

of, relating to, or emanating from a person’s emotions, prejudices, etcsubjective views

relating to the inherent nature of a person or thing; essential

existing only as perceived and not as a thing in itself

med (of a symptom, condition, etc) experienced only by the patient and incapable of being recognized or studied by anyone else

grammar denoting a case of nouns and pronouns, esp in languages having only two cases, that identifies the subject of a finite verb and (in formal use in English) is selected for predicate complements, as in It is ISee also nominative (def. 1)

noun

grammar

the subjective case
a subjective word or speech element

Derived forms of subjective

subjectively, adverbsubjectivity or subjectiveness, noun

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Things that are subjective are open to interpretation. If you go see a movie about a jewel thief, the topic is not subjective. But whether it’s a good movie or not is subjective.

Subjective things depend on your own ideas and opinions: there isn’t any universal truth. Subjective is the opposite of objective, which refers to things that are more clear-cut. That Earth has one moon is objective — it’s a fact. Whether the moon is pretty or not is subjective — not everyone will agree. Facts are objective, but opinions are subjective. What’s the best song, band, movie, or TV show? These are all very subjective issues. There’s no right answer.

Definitions of subjective

adjective

taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias

“a
subjective judgment”

Synonyms:

personal

particular to a given individual

prejudiced

emanating from a person’s emotions and prejudices

unobjective, unverifiable

(of e.g. evidence) not objective or easily verified
adjective

of a mental act performed entirely within the mind

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Commonly confused words

objective / subjective

Anything objective sticks to the facts, but anything subjective has feelings. Objective and subjective are opposites. Objective: It is raining. Subjective: I love the rain!

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

subject +‎ -ive

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

subjective (comparative more subjective, superlative most subjective)

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.
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.
- 2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
  
  Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. […] But as a foundation for analysis it is highly subjective: it rests on difficult decisions about what counts as a territory, what counts as output and how to value it. Indeed, economists are still tweaking it.
Lacking in reality or substance.
As used by Carl Jung, the innate worldview orientation of the introverted personality types.
(philosophy, psychology) Experienced by a person mentally and not directly verifiable by others.
(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.)
- 2014, Irina Nikolaeva, A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, →ISBN
  
  The general finite stem is the verbal stem which serves as the basis of inflection in the indicative present and past in the subjective conjugation and the objective conjugation with the singular and dual object.

Antonyms[edit]

objective

Derived terms[edit]

subjectiveness
subjectivity

Translations[edit]

based upon subjective feelings or intuition

Armenian: սուբյեկտիվ (hy) (subyektiv)
Asturian: suxetivu
Belarusian: суб’екты́ўны (subʺjektýŭny)
Bulgarian: субекти́вен (bg) (subektíven)
Catalan: subjectiu (ca)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 主觀／主观 (zh) (zhǔguān)
Czech: subjektivní (cs)
Danish: subjektiv
Dutch: subjectief (nl)
Esperanto: subjektiva
Finnish: subjektiivinen (fi)
French: subjectif (fr)
Galician: subxectivo
Greek: υποκειμενικός (el) (ypokeimenikós)
Italian: subiettivo
Japanese: 主観的 (ja) (しゅかんてき, shukanteki)
Kazakh: субъективтік (subektivtık), субъектілік (subektılık)
Korean: 주관적 (ko) (jugwanjeok)
Macedonian: субјективен (subjektiven)
Portuguese: subjetivo (pt)
Romanian: subiectiv (ro)
Russian: субъекти́вный (ru) (subʺjektívnyj)
Spanish: subjetivo (es)
Turkish: öznel (tr)
Ukrainian: суб’єкти́вний (subʺjektývnyj)
Welsh: goddrychol (cy)

lacking in reality or substance

experienced by a person mentally

indicating the grammatical subject

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /syb.ʒɛk.tiv/

Adjective[edit]

subjective

feminine singular of subjectif

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OTHER WORDS FROM subjective

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How to use subjective in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for subjective

Derived forms of subjective

objective / subjective

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