subjective

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /səbˈdʒɛktɪv/, /sʌbˈdʒɛktɪv/

Adjective

subjective (comparative more subjective, superlative most subjective)

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

Antonyms

• objective

Translations

based upon subjective feelings or intuition

Czech: subjektivní (cs) Dutch: subjectief (nl) Finnish: subjektiivinen (fi) French: subjectif (fr) m., subjective (fr) f. Greek: υποκειμενικός (el) (ypokeimenikós) m.

Portuguese: subjetivo (pt) Romanian: subiectiv (ro) Russian: субъекти́вный (ru) (sub"jektívnyj) Spanish: subjetivo (es)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /syb.ʒɛk.tiv/

Adjective

subjective f.

1. feminine form of subjectif