subjectivities
Individual interpretive lenses
Subjectivities are the qualities or conditions of being shaped by personal perspective rather than objective fact.
The term often appears in academic or critical contexts to acknowledge that different people bring different frameworks of experience: The study examined the subjectivities of immigrant women navigating two cultures.
Where subjectivity is the general concept, subjectivities emphasizes multiple, distinct personal viewpoints existing simultaneously.
Way of seeing things
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
- impressionEffect on the mind
- experiencePractical knowledge from life
- sensationPerceived stimulus or phenomenon
awareness · consciousness · observation · insight · intuition · discernment · apprehension · understanding
Unique personal character
- selfhoodIndividual identity, personhood
- identityWho someone is
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
- self-awarenessInsight into one's psyche
emotions · feelings · inner life · authenticity · self-concept · self-perception · ego · personhood
Study of interpretation methods
- exegesisCritical textual interpretation
- meaning-makingInterpreting life's events personally
- readingInterpreting written text
- analysisMethodical study of parts
deconstruction · contextualization · signification · connotation · implication · inference · symbolism · allegory
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
- favoritismPreferential treatment of some
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- inequityUnfair distribution or treatment
unfairness · bigotry · stereotyping · partisanship · ethnocentrism · chauvinism · sectarianism · nepotism
viewpoint
Way of seeing things
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
- impressionEffect on the mind
- experiencePractical knowledge from life
sensation · awareness · consciousness · observation · insight · intuition · discernment · apprehension · understanding · recognition
individuality
Unique personal character
- selfhoodIndividual identity, personhood
- identityWho someone is
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
self-awareness · emotions · feelings · inner life · authenticity · self-concept · self-perception · ego · personhood · self-reflection
hermeneutics
Study of interpretation methods
- exegesisCritical textual interpretation
- meaning-makingInterpreting life's events personally
- readingInterpreting written text
analysis · deconstruction · contextualization · signification · connotation · implication · inference · symbolism · allegory · metaphor
prejudice
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
- favoritismPreferential treatment of some
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
inequity · unfairness · bigotry · stereotyping · partisanship · ethnocentrism · chauvinism · sectarianism · nepotism · intolerance
subjectivitiesobjectivity
Freedom from personal bias
facts · empirical data · evidence · measurements · empiricism
subjectivitiesobjectivism
Belief in external truths
realism · positivism · scientific objectivity · materialism · naturalism
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