subjectivism

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the doctrine that knowledge, value, or reality depends fundamentally on the experiencing subject

   The argument attributes the reversal to an ingrained subjectivism about time.

2. 2
   noun

   a tendency to judge primarily from personal feelings or private experience

   The critic accused the memoir of subjectivism and insufficient evidence.

From subjective + -ism, modeled on German Subjektivismus and French subjectivisme. In philosophy it names views that give constitutive priority to the knowing or experiencing subject.

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