subjectivity
[suhb-jek-tiv-i-tee]
- the state or quality of being subjective; subjectiveness.
- a subjective thought or idea.
- intentness on internal thoughts.
- internal reality.
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Origin of subjectivity
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individualityperspicacityselfhoodpersonalitycharacterdistinctionindividualismipseitysingularityoriginalityparticularityExamples from the Web for subjectivity
Contemporary Examples
Volatility of reputation and subjectivity of quality make it difficult to define the novel in terms of absolute excellence.
Subjectivity and exaggerating the foibles or bad reasoning of the opposition in political coverage was the norm.
One where there was little room for subjectivity, where the personal impression of the interviewer counted less.
And like most complex films, it is up to the viewer—and the sort of subjectivity he or she brings to the viewing—to decide.
'Room 514': Israeli Film Looks at Gender, Justice, Sexuality & the OccupationMira Sucharov
September 3, 2013
I happen to believe an audience is totally capable of weighing in the objectivity or subjectivity of the filmmaker.
Historical Examples
No one saw that this objective was really a subjective, and involved the subjectivity of all knowledge.
TimaeusPlato
Everything he sees is refracted in the waters of his subjectivity, from which he cannot escape.
The Legacy of GreeceVarious
This was better than deciding between objectivity and subjectivity.
The Longest JourneyE. M. Forster
This subjectivity is intensified by the complete adoption of the ego-narrative.
Essays on the Greek RomancesElizabeth Hazelton Haight
In his criticism of Renan, Mazzini attacks any theory of the subjectivity of the Divine.
The Life of MazziniBolton King
Word Origin and History for subjectivity
n.
1812, from subjective + -ity.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper