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subjectification

subjectification

9.7
Showing things from a personal point of view
  • noun
  • /səbˌdʒɛktɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
  • Jargon
translation icon : sujetificación
  • Not only do these historically specific associations and positions construct students in gendered, racial, and class-specific terms, but they also provide the basis for making the practices of subjectification problematic and the object of political and theoretical reflection.

Examples

  • Art history functions properly as an archaeology of reflections in which artworks have a very limited causal role as agents of subjectification.

    Academic text (1994)

  • However, I feel "I'll know it when I see it" is inadequate and contributes to the absolute subjectification of the term "old school."

    Blog text (25)

  • The subjectification of news articles allows readers to understand events through personal experiences.

  • In modern art, the subjectification of everyday objects helps to reflect individual perceptions and emotions.

  • The professor discussed the subjectification of historical events, emphasizing how personal viewpoints influence interpretations.

Synonyms

subjectivization
vssubjectification
  • Formal
9.8

Treating things according to a person's own feelings or view

is the more general term for this same process
editorialization
vssubjectification
  • Literature
8.6

Adding personal opinions to news reports instead of giving facts

applies to making things subjective more broadly not only in writing

Antonyms

objectification
14 8.2

Treating ideas or feelings as if they were a real thing you can touch

How Subjective

to bias
6 4.9
subjectification
  • Jargon
9.7
personalization
  • US
8 4.2
framing
38 4.9
interpretation
314 4.4
reporting
  • Literature
241 2.5

Surface Forms

subjectification singular
subjectifications plural

Morphology

subjectification = subjectify (transparent) = subject + ify + ation

The sense 'making something more subjective' is a direct, regular derivation from 'subject' + '-ify' + nominalizer '-ation'.

Etymology

Subjectification comes from the word subject, like in subjective, meaning 'personal view', and the ending -ification, meaning 'making'. So it means turning facts or events into a personal view, making them about someone's experience or feelings.