existing in the mind; personal
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Subjective Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
related more to the subject than to the object or representation out of which knowledge is constructed. Considered transcendentally, subjective knowledge is more certain that objective knowledge; considered empirically, subjective knowledge is less certain. (Cf. objective.)
Subjective Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Of or pertaining to a subject.
Of or pertaining to a subject.
(a.)
Modified by, or making prominent, the individuality of a writer or an artist; as, a subjective drama or painting; a subjective writer.
Modified by, or making prominent, the individuality of a writer or an artist; as, a subjective drama or painting; a subjective writer.
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutEspecially, 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.
subjective
\sub*jec"tive\ (?), a. [l. subjectivus: cf. f. subjectif.]
1. of or pertaining to a subject.
2. 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.
note: in the philosophy of the mind, subjective denotes what is to be referred to the thinking subject, the ego; objective, what belongs to the object of thought, the non-ego. see objective, a., 2. w. hamilton.
3. (lit. & art) modified by, or making prominent, the individuality of a writer or an artist; as, a subjective drama or painting; a subjective writer.
similar words(1)
subjective sensation
Adjective
1. taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias; "a subjective judgment"
(antonym) objective, nonsubjective
(similar) personal
2. of a mental act performed entirely within the mind; "a cognition is an immanent act of mind"
(synonym) immanent
(classification) philosophy
Subjective Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Subjective may refer to:
- Subjectivity, a subject's personal perspective, feelings, beliefs, desires or discovery, as opposed to those made from an independent, objective, point of view
- Subjective experience, the subjective quality of conscious experience
- Subjectivism, a philosophical tenet that accords primacy to subjective experience as fundamental of all measure and law
- Subjective case, grammatical case for a noun
- Subject (philosophy), a being which has subjective experiences or a relationship with another entity
- Subjective theory of value, an economic theory of value
- A school of bayesian probability stating that the state of knowledge corresponds to personal belief
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