subjective
Etymology
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Etymology
From subject + -ive.
Pronunciation- IPA: /səbˈd͡ʒɛktɪv/, /sʌbˈd͡ʒɛktɪv/
subjective
- 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.
- 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.
- French: subjectif
- German: subjektiv
- Italian: subiettivo
- Portuguese: subjetivo
- Russian: субъекти́вный
- Spanish: subjetivo
- German: subjektiv
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