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subjective

[ suhb-jek-tiv ]
/ səbˈdʒɛk tɪv /
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RELATED WORDS

biased, intuitive, personal, abstract, illusory, instinctive, idiosyncratic, fanciful, individual, introspective, introverted, prejudiced, nonobjective, nonrepresentative, unobjective

Nearby words

  1. subject to, be,
  2. subject-raising,
  3. subjectification,
  4. subjectify,
  5. subjection,
  6. subjective complement,
  7. subjective idealism,
  8. subjective intension,
  9. subjective sensation,
  10. subjective spirit

Origin of subjective

1400–50; late Middle English: pertaining to a subject of a ruler < Latin subjectīvus; see subject, -ive
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British Dictionary definitions for subjective

subjective

/ (səbˈdʒɛktɪv) /

adjective

noun

grammar
  1. the subjective case
  2. a subjective word or speech element
Abbreviation: subj
Compare objective (def. 10)
Derived Formssubjectively, adverbsubjectivity or subjectiveness, noun
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Word Origin and History for subjective

subjective

adj.

mid-15c., "pertaining to a political subject" (now obsolete), from Late Latin subjectivus, from subjectus (see subject (n.)). Meaning "existing in the mind" (mind="the thinking subject") is from 1707; thus, "personal idiosyncratic" (1767). Related: Subjectively.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

Medicine definitions for subjective

subjective

[ səb-jĕk′tĭv ]

adj.

Of, relating to, or designating a symptom or condition perceived by the patient and not by the examiner.
Existing only in the mind; illusory.
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