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sub⋅jec⋅tive

  [suhb-jek-tiv]
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–adjective
1. existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective ).
2. pertaining to or characteristic of an individual; personal; individual: a subjective evaluation.
3. placing excessive emphasis on one's own moods, attitudes, opinions, etc.; unduly egocentric.
4. Philosophy. relating to or of the nature of an object as it is known in the mind as distinct from a thing in itself.
5. relating to properties or specific conditions of the mind as distinguished from general or universal experience.
6. pertaining to the subject or substance in which attributes inhere; essential.
7. Grammar.
a. pertaining to or constituting the subject of a sentence.
b. (in English and certain other languages) noting a case specialized for that use, as He in He hit the ball.
c. similar to such a case in meaning. Compare nominative.
8. Obsolete. characteristic of a political subject; submissive.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME: pertaining to a subject of a ruler < L subjectīvus; see subject, -ive

Related forms:
sub⋅jec⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
sub⋅jec⋅tive⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. mental. 6. substantial, inherent.
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sub·jec·tive   (səb-jěk'tĭv)   
adj.  
    1. Proceeding from or taking place in a person's mind rather than the external world: a subjective decision.
    2. Particular to a given person; personal: subjective experience.
  2. Moodily introspective.
  3. Existing only in the mind; illusory.
  4. Psychology Existing only within the experiencer's mind.
  5. Medicine Of, relating to, or designating a symptom or condition perceived by the patient and not by the examiner.
  6. Expressing or bringing into prominence the individuality of the artist or author.
  7. Grammar Relating to or being the nominative case.
  8. Relating to the real nature of something; essential.
sub·jec'tive·ly adv., sub·jec'tive·ness, sub'jec·tiv'i·ty (sŭb'jěk-tĭv'ĭ-tē) n.
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