SUBJECTIVE
adjective
Synonyms
See Objective. Subjective sensation (Physiol.), one of the sensations occurring when stimuli due to internal causes excite the nervous apparatus of the sense organs, as when a person imagines he sees figures which have no objective reality. Sub*jec"tive*ly, adv. Sub*jec"tive*ness, n.
Definitions
- 1. Of or pertaining to a subject.
- 2. Especially, pertaining to, or derived from, one's own consciousness, in distinction from external observation; ralating to the mind, or intellectual world, in distinction from the outward or material excessively occupied with, or brooding over, one's own internal states.
- 3. Modified by, or making prominent, the individuality of a writer or an artist; as, a subjective drama or painting; a subjective writer.
Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025