SUBJECTIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subjective mean? 

• SUBJECTIVE (adjective)
  The adjective SUBJECTIVE has 2 senses:

1. taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias

2. of a mental act performed entirely within the mind

  Familiarity information: SUBJECTIVE used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBJECTIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias

Context example:

a subjective judgment

Similar:

personal (particular to a given individual)

prejudiced (emanating from a person's emotions and prejudices)

unobjective; unverifiable ((of e.g. evidence) not objective or easily verified)

Antonym:

objective (undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena)

Derivation:

subjectiveness; subjectivity (judgment based on individual personal impressions and feelings and opinions rather than external facts)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of a mental act performed entirely within the mind

Synonyms:

immanent; subjective

Context example:

a cognition is an immanent act of mind

Domain category:

philosophy (the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics)

Derivation:

subjectiveness; subjectivity (judgment based on individual personal impressions and feelings and opinions rather than external facts)

 Context examples 

The results of subjective evaluation may be difficult to interpret consistently.

(Decreased Peak Expiratory Flowrate, NCI Thesaurus)

A subjective score of 6 on a Likert scale.

(Likert Score 6, NCI Thesaurus)

Subjective Opiate Withdrawal Scale test name.

(CDISC Questionnaire SOWS Subjective Test Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Subjective Opiate Withdrawal Scale test code.

(CDISC Questionnaire SOWS Subjective Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A subjective score of 5 on a Likert scale.

(Likert Score 5, NCI Thesaurus)

A subjective score of 4 on a Likert scale.

(Likert Score 4, NCI Thesaurus)

A subjective score of 2 on a Likert scale.

(Likert Score 2, NCI Thesaurus)

A subjective score of 3 on a Likert scale.

(Likert Score 3, NCI Thesaurus)

A subjective answer that something occurs relatively frequently.

(Fairly Often, NCI Thesaurus)

A subjective score of 7 on a Likert scale.

(Likert Score 7, NCI Thesaurus)