subjective

Meaning

Adj

1. 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.
2. 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.)
3. 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.
4. Lacking in reality or substance.
5. As used by Carl Jung, the innate worldview orientation of the introverted personality types.
6. Experienced by a person mentally and not directly verifiable by others.
7. 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.)

Noun

1. The subjective case.
2. A noun or pronoun in the subjective case.

Synonyms

personal

immanent

thematic

topical

illusory

matter of opinion

nominal

nonobjective

own

prejudiced

slanted

substructure

national

arbitrary

based on partiality

biased

fanciful

idiosyncratic

individual

Translations

subjectif

subjetivo

soggettivo

subjektiv

subjectief

subjetivo

öznel

subjectiu

υποκειμενικός

soggettiva

subjectivo

subjective

imanente

subjetiva

Pronounced as (IPA)

/səbˈd͡ʒɛktɪv/

Etymology

From subject + -ive.