subjective

CEFRC1

/səbˈd͡ʒɛktɪv/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Based on personal feelings or opinions rather than facts.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Pertaining to subjects as opposed to objects (A subject is one who perceives or is aware; an object is the thing perceived or the thing that the subject is aware of.)

Examples

  • Subjective reality is whatever the hell I want it to be.

  • His writing is very subjective.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Resulting from or pertaining to personal mindsets or experience, arising from perceptive mental conditions within the brain and not necessarily or directly from external stimuli.

  2. Formed, as in opinions, based upon a person's feelings or intuition, rather than upon observation or purely logical reasoning; coming more from within the observer than from observations of the external environment.

  3. Lacking in reality or substance.

More examples

In context

  • The general finite stem is the verbal stem which serves as the basis of inflection in the indicative present and past in the subjective conjugation and the objective conjugation with the singular and dual object.

Antonyms

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Origin

adjective

From Latin subiectīvus, equivalent to subject + -ive.