SUBJECTIVISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subjectivism mean? 

• SUBJECTIVISM (noun)
  The noun SUBJECTIVISM has 2 senses:

1. (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge and value are dependent on and limited by your subjective experience

2. the quality of being subjective

  Familiarity information: SUBJECTIVISM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBJECTIVISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge and value are dependent on and limited by your subjective experience

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("subjectivism" is a kind of...):

philosophical doctrine; philosophical theory (a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy)

Domain category:

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

Derivation:

subjectivist (a person who subscribes to subjectivism)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of being subjective

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("subjectivism" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)