subjectively
Americanadverb
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in a way that pertains to or is influenced by a person’s feelings, moods, opinions, prejudices, etc..
The compilations are not intended to be representative, but were put together entirely subjectively according to our own taste.
A system in which supervisors evaluate employees entirely subjectively is likely to increase unfair discrimination.
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within the mind, as thoughts, feelings, or perceptions; internally.
Time is experienced subjectively by each individual, and our perception of time and how we remember it is shaped by the context of a situation.
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Researchers hope to determine whether these approaches can reshape brain activity and improve how people subjectively experience chronic pain.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
Like Oedipus, she’s both subjectively innocent and objectively guilty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025
Worth told BBC Sport that pain is experienced subjectively.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2025
There will still a committee, subjectively selecting some of the teams.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2023
In understanding, it observes and uses them subjectively.
From Education in The Home, The Kindergarten, and The Primary School by Elizabeth P. (Palmer) Peabody
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