Subjective
[səb'dʒektɪv] or [səb'dʒɛktɪv]
Definition
(adj.) taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias; 'a subjective judgment' .
Checker: Vernon--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to a subject.
(a.) 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.
(a.) Modified by, or making prominent, the individuality of a writer or an artist; as, a subjective drama or painting; a subjective writer.
Typist: Tim
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Mental, spiritual, ideal, psychological, metaphysical.
Typed by Jaime
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Mental, internal, intellectual
ANT:External, objective
Typed by Jody
Examples
- We reach the Subjective view. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The subjective relation between them further suggested an objective one; although the passage from one to the other is really imaginary (Metaph. Plato. The Republic.
- I steered a middle course between the Objective side and the Subjective side. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- An Objective side, and a Subjective side. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I defy you to controvert the Subjective view. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Sounds, colors, ends, as well as goods and bads, were regarded as purely subjective--as mere impressions in the mind. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- There is a totally different explanation from yours, Betteredge, taking its rise in a Subjective-Objective point of view. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It does you great credit, Betteredge, to be able to take the Subjective view. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Our prophecies of change are subjective wishes or fears that never come to full realization. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It's the fact you want to emphasise, not the subjective impression to record. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The Subjective interpretation again! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- That's the Subjective view, says Mr. Franklin. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Yet there is a valid distinction between knowledge which is objective and impersonal, and thinking which is subjective and personal. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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