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subjectively

subjectively

8 6.0
Based on personal feelings or opinions rather than facts
  • adverb
  • /səbˈdʒɛktɪvli/
translation icon : subjetivamente
  • When discussing art, everyone has their own opinions, and we often interpret it subjectively based on personal feelings.
  • subjectively perceived
  • subjectively defined
  • subjectively experienced

So I might say something like, I subjectively value my well-being.

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Examples

  • As Bergelson argues, "I may be objectively hurt by my consent, and I may subjectively regret it."

    Academic text (2017)
  • So the hierarchy of our values dictates how we filter subjectively information from our reality.

  • But just subjectively looking at it, I think it does get more views.

  • So I might say something like, I subjectively value my well-being.

  • The current Australian study provides close scrutiny of how one group of women subjectively experiences university.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Runners were asked to subjectively rate six mood states on run and no run days.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The difficult problem is how do I subjectively experience the redness of the red?

  • Of the 18 patients who were subjectively reviewed by the lead author, 16 continued to experience good subjective correction.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Personally speaking, strictly and subjectively, I probably wouldn't use a Steam Deck type device too frequently.

  • In studying vocal function, the human voice can be analyzed both subjectively and objectively.

    Academic text (2008)

Antonyms

61 4.5

To consider facts without personal feelings or opinions

How Subjective

subjectively
8 6.0
personally
286 2.9
neutrally
2 3.6
objectively
61 4.5

Surface Forms

subjectively positive

Morphology

subjectively = subjective (transparent) = subject + ive + ly

Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'subjective', which yields a predictable adverbial meaning.

Etymology

The word subjectively comes from subject, which is made of sub- 'under' and ject 'to throw', so it originally meant something 'placed under' a person's view. That's why to see things subjectively is to judge them by your own feelings or opinion, not by outside facts.