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subjectivistic

subjectivistic

9.9
Putting personal feelings and opinions before facts
  • adjective
  • /səbˌdʒɛkˈtɪvɪstɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : subjetivista
  • She often shares subjectivistic ideas in her essays, emphasizing personal experiences over established facts.

Examples

  • The painting's subjectivistic interpretation varies greatly from person to person.

  • Kolnai beautifully states the starting point of reflection, which is ignored or distorted in the subjectivistic degradation of thought.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Many philosophers argue that a subjectivistic viewpoint can lead to a misunderstanding of reality.

Synonyms

subjective
vssubjectivistic
134 5.9

Based on a person's feelings or opinions rather than facts

emphasizes personal feelings over objective facts
attitudinal
vssubjectivistic
4 7.0

About people's opinions or feelings

places personal feelings above impartial or factual considerations
relativist
vssubjectivistic
1 8.1

Thinking that truth and moral rules depend on the situation or viewpoint

focuses on individual feelings rather than on universally accepted facts
perspectivist
vssubjectivistic
  • Formal
9.9

Saying a person's point of view shapes what they believe

frames ideas as dependent on personal feelings rather than objective facts
perspectival
vssubjectivistic
  • Formal
8.2

Depending on a person or group's point of view

treats personal feelings as more important than neutral evidence

Antonyms

objective
238 4.3

Not influenced by personal feelings and based only on facts

factual
112 3.4

Based on real facts and not on opinions or imagination

How Subjective

biased
91 4.0
subjectivistic
  • Specialized
9.9
subjective
134 5.9

Surface Forms

subjectivistic positive

Morphology

subjectivistic = subjective (semi-transparent) = subjective + istic

Formed by adding the adjectival suffix '-istic' to 'subjective', the relation is clear but the extra derivational layer and somewhat specialized register reduce immediate predictability for learners.

Etymology

Subjectivistic comes from subjective, which comes from subject, a word that means 'the person who feels or thinks', and the ending -istic means 'relating to'. So subjectivistic describes something that is based on a person's own feelings or opinions rather than on facts.