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Definition of subjective adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

subjective

adjective
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/səbˈdʒektɪv/
 
/səbˈdʒektɪv/
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  1. based on your own ideas or opinions rather than facts and therefore sometimes unfair
    • a highly subjective point of view
    • Everyone's opinion is bound to be subjective.
    opposite objective (1)
    Extra Examples
    • The criticisms are purely subjective.
    • The process of selection is inherently subjective and deeply unfair.
    • making inevitably subjective judgements
    Topics Opinion and argumentb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • appear
    • be
    • seem
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
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  2. (of ideas, feelings or experiences) existing in somebody’s mind rather than in the outside world opposite objective (2)
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • appear
    • be
    • seem
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    See full entry
  3. [only before noun] (grammar) the subjective case is the one which is used for the subject of a sentence
    4. Word Originlate Middle English (originally in the sense ‘characteristic of a political subject, submissive’): from Latin subjectivus, from subject- ‘brought under’, from subicere, from sub- ‘under’ + jacere ‘throw’.
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