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subjective

subjective

134 5.9
Based on a person's feelings or opinions rather than facts
  • adjective
  • /səbˈdʒɛktɪv/
translation icon : subjetivo
  • In my opinion, time is both subjective and and objective.
  • subjective experience
  • subjective feelings
  • subjective perceptions

It's all objective or all subjective, whatever and that.

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Examples

Synonyms

unobjective
vssubjective
7.9

Not based on facts and guided by personal feelings

is rooted inside a person's mind and feelings rather than external facts
subjectivistic
vssubjective
  • Specialized
9.9

Putting personal feelings and opinions before facts

is the individual mental or feeling basis rather than a broader ideological stance
perspectival
vssubjective
  • Formal
8.2

Depending on a person or group's point of view

focuses on personal feelings and opinions rather than variation across viewpoints or standards

Antonyms

238 4.3

Not influenced by personal feelings and based only on facts

112 3.4

Based on real facts and not on opinions or imagination

How Subjective

prejudiced
24 5.0
biased
91 4.0
subjective
134 5.9
neutral
218 3.6
objective
238 4.3

Surface Forms

subjective positive

Morphology

subjective = subject (transparent) = subject + ive

The adjective is formed from the common noun 'subject' with the productive suffix '-ive' meaning 'relating to' or 'characterised by', so the meaning 'based on a person's perspective' is directly derived.

Etymology

Subjective comes from the familiar word subject, and the part sub- means 'under'; a subject is the person who feels or thinks something. So subjective describes an idea or feeling that comes from a person's own mind or opinion, not from outside facts.