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Definition subjective in American English

subjective adjective

adjective
/səbˈdʒektɪv/
1

based on your own feelings and ideas and not on facts. Something that is based on facts is objective

Example

The assessment of a student's work is often subjective.

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1.1

used about a person's feelings and thoughts that no one else can know directly or completely

Example

the subjective experience of hunger

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Definition subjective in American English