subjectivity

[ suhb-jek-tiv-i-tee ]

noun

, plural sub·jec·tiv·i·ties

1. the state or quality of being subjective; subjectiveness.
2. a subjective thought or idea.
3. intentness on internal thoughts.
4. internal reality.

Other Words From

• nonsub·jec·tivi·ty noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of subjectivity¹

First recorded in 1805–15; subjective + -ity; probably modeled on German Subjectivität

Example Sentences

Now, the researchers that produced the dueling images are attempting to remove some of this subjectivity by introducing standards that may give more accurate and reproducible portraits of species known only from fossilized bone.

From Science News

It will make a difference in your positioning and help you be transparent and trustworthy while bypassing the subjectivity inherent to perception.

From Search Engine Land

They constitute, to my mind, some of the richest and deepest meditations on art, beauty, mortality and subjectivity in Western literature.

From Washington Post

Liu has described the focus of her work as “the reciprocal relationships between science, technology, and their influence on human subjectivity, culture, and identity.”

From MIT Technology Review

Without that peer-to-peer connection, the lack of structure and the subjectivity of success in advertising has left one creative feeling adrift without a mentor.

From Digiday

Volatility of reputation and subjectivity of quality make it difficult to define the novel in terms of absolute excellence.

From The Daily Beast

Subjectivity and exaggerating the foibles or bad reasoning of the opposition in political coverage was the norm.

From The Daily Beast

One where there was little room for subjectivity, where the personal impression of the interviewer counted less.

From The Daily Beast

And like most complex films, it is up to the viewer—and the sort of subjectivity he or she brings to the viewing—to decide.

From The Daily Beast

I happen to believe an audience is totally capable of weighing in the objectivity or subjectivity of the filmmaker.

From The Daily Beast

In the second definition of the sentence, as "uniting a subject and a predicate," the grammarian falls back on pure subjectivity.

From Project Gutenberg

The most passionate lyrics may be given with this change of attitude because of their great subjectivity.

From Project Gutenberg

“The Vagabonds” deserves study on account of its revelation of the subjectivity possible to the monologue.

From Project Gutenberg

What if this subjectivity were the true source of that peculiar certainty belonging to synthetic judgments priori?

From Project Gutenberg

To answer this question we must look a little deeper into the basis of this doctrine of the subjectivity of human knowledge.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• individuality
• subjectiveness