to subjectify
8.4
Treat something using personal feelings instead of facts
- verb
- /səbˈdʒɛktɪˌfaɪ/
:
subjetivizar
- According to law professor Marie Ashe, subjectifying bad mothers entails challenging stereotypical and familiar notions of "good" and "bad" mothering by redefining harmful behavior in such a way that what was once considered bad actually becomes evidence of something potentially good.
Examples
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When they subjectify the issue, it becomes more about individual opinions than factual analysis.
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The article subjectifies the painting by highlighting the author's emotional connection to it.
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In her lecture, she warned against the tendency to subjectify personal experiences in academic research.
Synonyms
9.0
To treat something as a personal opinion rather than a fact
focuses on interpreting or presenting things from a personal point of view
Antonyms
How Subjective
to bias
6
4.9
6
4.9
to subjectify
8.4
to personalize
75
4.0
- US
75
4.0
to interpret
386
3.3
386
3.3
to describe
∞
1.0
∞
1.0
report
∞
1.3
∞
1.3
Surface Forms
subjectify infinitive
subjectified past
subjectified past participle
subjectifying present participle
subjectifies third person singular
Morphology
subjectify = subjective (transparent) = subject + ify
Meaning 'make X subjective' is directly derivable from 'subjective' + '-ify'.
Etymology
Subjectify comes from subject (as in subjective, meaning 'based on personal feelings') and the verb ending -ify which means 'to make'. So, to subjectify something is to 'make it subjective' — to present it through a personal view instead of as plain fact.