intersubjective

[in-ter-suhb-jek-tiv]

adjective

Philosophy.

1. comprehensible to, relating to, or used by a number of persons, as a concept or language.

Word History and Origins

Origin of intersubjective¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; inter- + subjective

Example Sentences

Their quest for intersubjective truth—for getting outside their heads and seeing the world from other vantages—Mumford attributed to 16th century improvements in mirrors.

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Truth is intersubjective, not objective.

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These new standards are based on the notion of intersubjective confirmation.

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They are interested solely in confirming highly dubious theoretical hypotheses by the logic of analogy and induction, and make no attempt at refutation or intersubjective testing.’

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Literature professors were comfortable with this kind of argument because they thought of identity as something that was hybrid, intersubjective, performed.

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