subjective

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /səbˈdʒɛktɪv/ UK /səbˈdʒɛktɪv/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
based on personal feelings or opinions rather than fact

Taste in art is largely a subjective matter.

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Synonyms

1 adj · based on personal feelings... personal individual biased interpretive emotional partial

Opposites

objective impartial factual unbiased dispassionate

Word family

Forms subjectivelysubjectiveness

Derived forms subjectivelysubjectivenesssubjectivity subjectivism

Related forms subject subjection subjugate

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Phrases (1)

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subjective certainty
a person's feeling of complete confidence, which does not itself establish objective truth

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Late Latin subiectīvus ('of or belonging to the subject'), from Latin subiectus ('placed under, subject'), from subicere ('to throw under, subject'), from sub- ('under') + iacere ('to throw').

sub Latin iacere Latin

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Describing Qualities Philosophy & Reasoning Word Formation & Derivatives

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# subjective

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /səbˈdʒɛktɪv/
**IPA (UK):** /səbˈdʒɛktɪv/

## Meanings
1. based on personal feelings or opinions rather than fact

## Examples
- Taste in art is largely a subjective matter.

## Synonyms
- personal
- individual
- biased
- interpretive
- emotional
- partial

## Antonyms
- objective
- impartial
- factual
- unbiased
- dispassionate

## Derived Forms
- subjectively
- subjectiveness
- subjectivity
- subjectivism

## Related Forms
- subject
- subjection
- subjugate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: sub
- Root: iacere

## Etymology
From Late Latin subiectīvus ('of or belonging to the subject'), from Latin subiectus ('placed under, subject'), from subicere ('to throw under, subject'), from sub- ('under') + iacere ('to throw').

## AI Etymology
Subjective is from Late Latin subiectīvus ('of or belonging to the subject'), from Latin subiectus ('placed under, subject'), from subicere ('to throw under, subject'), from sub- ('under') + iacere ('to throw'). Important recorded forms include sub (Latin) and iacere (Latin). Morphologically, the sub- element contributes the sense of under, below, secondary status, or movement from beneath, with the base naming the field of application. The modern sense is largely compositional, with the historical elements narrowing into a stable English lexical item. In current use it covers based on personal feelings or opinions rather than fact. The wider family includes derived forms such as subjectively, subjectiveness, subjectivity, and subjectivism and related words such as subject, subjection, and subjugate.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Philosophy & Reasoning
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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