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sub·jec·tive  (sb-jktv)
adj.
1.
a. Proceeding from or taking place in a person's mind rather than the external world: a subjective decision.
b. Particular to a given person; personal: subjective experience.
2. Moodily introspective.
3. Existing only in the mind; illusory.
4. Psychology Existing only within the experiencer's mind.
5. Medicine Of, relating to, or designating a symptom or condition perceived by the patient and not by the examiner.
6. Expressing or bringing into prominence the individuality of the artist or author.
7. Grammar Relating to or being the nominative case.
8. Relating to the real nature of something; essential.

sub·jective·ly adv.
sub·jective·ness, subjec·tivi·ty (sbjk-tv-t) n.

subjective [səbˈdʒɛktɪv]
adj
1. belonging to, proceeding from, or relating to the mind of the thinking subject and not the nature of the object being considered
2. of, relating to, or emanating from a person's emotions, prejudices, etc. subjective views
3. relating to the inherent nature of a person or thing; essential
4. (Philosophy) existing only as perceived and not as a thing in itself
5. (Medicine) Med (of a symptom, condition, etc.) experienced only by the patient and incapable of being recognized or studied by anyone else
6. (Linguistics / Grammar) Grammar denoting a case of nouns and pronouns, esp in languages having only two cases, that identifies the subject of a finite verb and (in formal use in English) is selected for predicate complements, as in It is I See also nominative [1]
n
(Linguistics / Grammar) Grammar
a.  the subjective case
b.  a subjective word or speech element Abbreviation subj Compare objective
subjectively  adv
subjectivity , subjectiveness n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.subjective - taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias; "a subjective judgment"
nonsubjective, objective - undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena; "an objective appraisal"; "objective evidence"
2.subjective - of a mental act performed entirely within the mind; "a cognition is an immanent act of mind"
philosophy - the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics

subjective
Translations
subjective [səbˈdʒektɪv] ADJsubjetivo
subjective [səbˈdʒɛktɪv] adjsubjectif/ive
subjective
adj
(Gram) subjective caseNominativ m
subjective [səbˈdʒɛktɪv] adjsoggettivo/a


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