subjective

Based on opinion

Subjective means based on personal feelings, opinions, or perspectives rather than external facts.

A subjective judgment reflects individual taste; a subjective experience varies from person to person.

The opposite is objective.

In grammar, subjective refers to the subject of a sentence or the case of pronouns functioning as subjects: I, he, she, they.

opinion

perspective

Attitude or spatial rendering

viewpointWay of seeing things
judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
beliefTrust held as true

impression · conviction · taste · preference · stance · interpretation · assessment · evaluation · appraisal · estimation

experience

perception

Mental interpretation of stimuli

consciousnessState of sentient awareness
awarenessState of perceiving reality
qualiaSubjective character of experiences

phenomenology · interiority · first-person · sensation · introspection · sentience · self-awareness · immediacy · private · ineffable

bias

prejudice

Preformed unfavorable opinion

partialityUnfair favor toward some
favoritismPreferential treatment of some
one-sidednessImbalanced viewpoint or treatment

partisanship · discrimination · unfairness · predisposition · inclination · tendency · stereotyping · nepotism · slant · skew

emotional

feelings

Emotional responses experienced internally

emotionsPsychological feeling states
sentimentFelt attitude or view
passionateIntensely emotional or enthusiastic

affective · empathy · heartfelt · visceral · mood · temperament · sensitivity · reactive · impressionable · sentimental

personal

individual

One separate human being

idiosyncraticDistinctively individual in nature
privateRestricted to certain parties
particularSpecific or fussy

unique · singular · distinctive · personalized · self-referential · autobiographical · intimate · inward · internal · solitary

relative

variable

Prone to fluctuation

contextualRelative to surrounding conditions
situationalDependent on circumstances
contingentConditional or representative group

dependent · conditional · fluid · mutable · changeable · inconsistent · unstable · shifting · flexible · culture-bound

Categories

philosophical termsSocratic, Kantian, Cartesian, Aristotelian, dialectical
biasedbiased, slanted, partisan, prejudiced, opinionated
viewpoint traitsimpartial, biased, neutral, fair, unfair
perspectivesviewpoints, viewpoint, point of view, POV, opinions
qualitativequalitative, descriptive, interpretive, observational, evaluative
ExpressionismEdvard Munch, The Scream, Der Blaue Reiter, German Expressionism, woodcuts

Opposites

personal perspective vs. external reality

subjectiveobjective

Purpose or goal

factual · empirical · verifiable · measurable · quantifiable

emotional involvement vs. detachment

subjectiveimpartial

Showing no preference

unbiased · dispassionate · neutral · objective · detached

individual vs. universal scope

subjectiveuniversal

Affecting all equally

shared · common · general · collective · public

Phrases

subjective truthBelief valid for holder
subjective experienceFirst-person felt quality
subjective realityExperience shaped by individual perception
subjective interpretationMeaning shaped by perspective

Family

subjection, subjecting, subjectivity, subjectively, subjectivism, subjectiveness

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