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subjective
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[ adjective ] taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias
Examples "a subjective judgment" Used in print (The Rev. John A. O'Brien, "Let's Take Birth Control...)The Roman_Catholic natural-law tradition regards as self-evident that the primary objective purpose of the conjugal act is procreation and that the fostering of the mutual love of the spouses is the secondary and subjective end . (John F. Hayward, "Mimesis and Symbol in the Arts"...)All such imitations of negative quality have given_rise to a compensatory response in the form of a heroic and highly individualistic humanism : if man can neither know nor love reality as it is , he can at_least invent an artistic `` reality '' which is its own world and which can speak_to man of purely personal and subjective qualities capable of being known and worthy of being loved . Without the decay of a sense of objective reference ( except as the imitation of mystery ) , the stress on subjective invention would never have been stimulated into being . (Brainard Cheney, "Christianity and the Tragic Vision-Ut...)But there 's a subjective side to_that utopian outlook . (Harold Searles, "Schizophrenic Communication,"...)In my experience , a great many_of the patient 's more puzzling verbal communications are so for the reason that concrete meanings have not become differentiated from figurative meanings in his subjective experience . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (philosophy) of a mental act performed entirely within the mind
Synonyms Examples "a cognition is an immanent act of mind" Related terms |
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