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Definition of Subjective

1. Adjective. Taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias. "A subjective judgment"

2. Adjective. Of a mental act performed entirely within the mind. "A cognition is an immanent act of mind"

Definition of Subjective

1. a. Of or pertaining to a subject.

Definition of Subjective

1. Adjective. Pertaining to subjects as opposed to objects (A ''subject'' is one who perceives or is aware; an ''object'' is the thing perceived or the thing that the subject is aware of.) ¹

2. Adjective. Formed, as in opinions, based upon a person's feelings or intuition, not upon observation or reasoning; coming more from within the observer than from observations of the external environment. ¹

3. Adjective. Resulting from or pertaining to personal mindsets or experience, arising from perceptive mental conditions within the brain and not necessarily from external stimuli. ¹

4. Adjective. Lacking in reality or substance. ¹

5. Adjective. As used by Carl Jung the innate worldview orientation of the introverted personality types. ¹

6. Adjective. (philosophy psychology) Experienced by a person mentally and not directly verifiable by others ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Subjective

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subjective

subject field subject heading subject indexing subject matter subject matter jurisdiction subject of labor subject pronoun subject pronouns subjected subjectile

subjecting subjection subjections subjectist subjectists subjective subjective time subjectively subjectiveness subjectives

subjectivise subjectivised subjectivises subjectivising subjectivism subjectivisms subjectivist subjectivistic subjectivistically subjectivists

Literary usage of Subjective

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Kant's Kritik of Judgment by Immanuel Kant (1892)
"The principle of Taste is the subjective principle of Judgment in general The judgment of taste is distinguished from a logical judgment in this, ..."

2. Kant's Kritik of Judgment by Immanuel Kant (1892)
"The principle of Taste is the subjective principle of Judgment in general The judgment of taste is distinguished from a logical judgment in this, ..."

3. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"Idealism, in this sense, may be said to be the outcome of the belief that the mind is primarily limited in knowledge to a perception of its own subjective ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Subjection of oneself to God, based on this knowledge of faith and kept fruitful by grace, is supernatural religion. II. Subjective RELIGION. ..."

5. Semantics: Studies in the Science of Meaning by Michel Bréal (1900)
"Subjective side is represented : (i) by words or : (2) by grammatical forms ; (3) by the general ..."

6. Semantics: Studies in the Science of Meaning by Michel Bréal, John Percival Postgate (1900)
"This intervention is what I propose to call the Subjective side of Language. This Subjective side is represented : (i) by words or paragraphs; ..."

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