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Subjectiveness

Subjective \Sub*jec"tive\, a. [L. subjectivus: cf. F. subjectif.]

  1. Of or pertaining to a subject.

  2. Especially, pertaining to, or derived from, one's own consciousness, in distinction from external observation; ralating to the mind, or intellectual world, in distinction from the outward or material excessively occupied with, or brooding over, one's own internal states.

    Note: In the philosophy of the mind, subjective denotes what is to be referred to the thinking subject, the ego; objective, what belongs to the object of thought, the non-ego. See Objective, a., 2.
    --Sir W. Hamilton.

  3. (Lit. & Art) Modified by, or making prominent, the individuality of a writer or an artist; as, a subjective drama or painting; a subjective writer.

    Syn: See Objective.

    Subjective sensation (Physiol.), one of the sensations occurring when stimuli due to internal causes excite the nervous apparatus of the sense organs, as when a person imagines he sees figures which have no objective reality. [1913 Webster] -- Sub*jec"tive*ly, adv. -- Sub*jec"tive*ness, n.

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subjectiveness

n. The quality of being subjective.

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subjectiveness

n. judgment based on individual personal impressions and feelings and opinions rather than external facts [syn: subjectivity]