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subjective

Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples

Pronunciation: US /səbˈdʒɛktɪv/

subjective means: Based on personal feelings or tastes rather than facts that everyone can check.

adjective

PERSONAL JUDGMENTB2

Based on personal feelings or tastes rather than facts that everyone can check.

  • Beauty is subjective.
  • Her assessment was highly subjective.
  • Can a review avoid subjective judgments entirely?

Similar words: personal

Opposites: objective

Common phrases: subjective opinion, subjective judgment, highly subjective

INNER EXPERIENCEC1

Felt or experienced inside one person’s mind, so other people cannot directly check it.

  • Pain is a subjective experience.
  • The doctor recorded the patient’s subjective symptoms.
  • These subjective sensations cannot be measured directly by another person.

Opposites: objective

Common phrases: subjective experience, subjective symptoms, subjective pain

KNOWING MINDC2

Relating to the person who knows or experiences something, rather than the thing being known or experienced.

  • The philosopher examined subjective consciousness.
  • Knowledge has a subjective side because someone must experience it.
  • The essay separates subjective awareness from the object of awareness.

Opposites: objective

Common phrases: subjective standpoint, subjective consciousness

Questions about subjective

What does subjective mean?

Based on personal feelings or tastes rather than facts that everyone can check.

What is subjective in other languages?

Türkçe: öznel · Español: subjetivo · Français: subjectif · Deutsch: subjektiv · Italiano: soggettivo · 日本語: 主観的な

How do you pronounce subjective?

It is pronounced /səbˈdʒɛktɪv/.

How do you use subjective in a sentence?

Beauty is subjective. Her assessment was highly subjective.

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