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Synonyms: Adjective
idiomatic, individual, individualized, particular, patented, peculiar, personal, personalized, private, privy, separate, singular, unique
Antonyms: Adjective
general, generic, popular, public, shared, universal
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Art is never a commodity. Commodities are identical units of sure valueâbushels of wheat, sayâwhose price fluctuates from time to time and place to place. Art works are one-of-a-kind ⊠items, materially worthless, which have in common that a price is asked for them. Their value is entirely subjective. — Peter Schjedlahl, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2009 Our perception of loudness is subjective, but sound has an intensity, independent of our hearing, that is measured in decibels (dB). — Jennifer Barone, Discover, July/August 2009 Science is the study of factsâthings that are measurable, testable, repeatable, verifiable. I won't bore you with the inevitable discussion of objective reality and how it's ultimately unknowable because we filter it through our individual subjective realities, I'll cut directly to the chase. Science is about the stuff we can agree on. Rocks are hard, water is wet. — David Gerrold, Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 2005 Besides, I am not doing this for the anthropology. My aim is nothing so mistily subjective as to "experience poverty" or find out how it "really feels" to be a long-term low-wage worker. — Barbara Ehrenreich, Harper's, January 1999 Dreaming is a subjective experience. a person's subjective perception of the world Personal taste in clothing is very subjective. In reviewing applicants, we consider both objective criteria, such as test scores, and subjective criteria, such as leadership ability. Law can be maddeningly subjective. So much is left up to your own interpretation.
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Now youâre bringing in subjective factors: era, surrounding talent, offensive scheme, longevity, even style and artistry. — Mark Mravic, SI.com, "NFL 100: The Arguments and Debates Behind The MMQBâs Project," 28 Aug. 2019 The mathematics of quantum theory jumbles together subjective and objective elements. — George Musser, Scientific American, "The Search for Truth in Physics," 25 Aug. 2019 The work, a subjective history of American culture and dysfunction since 1776, highlights various musical styles and artistic voices, ranging from murder ballads to disco, from Walt Whitman to David Bowie: 24 costume changes and 246 songs in all. — Frank Rizzo, courant.com, "A few of Taylor Macâs favorite moments from his fabulous epic âA 24-Decade History of Popular Musicâ," 24 Aug. 2019 That is, of course, an incredibly subjective measure, and Twitch soon had to update its guidelines to clarify how exactly they should be interpreted. — Louise Matsakis, WIRED, "This Is How Porn Ended Up on Ninjaâs Zombie Twitch Channel," 13 Aug. 2019 These rankings are purely subjective and based on a nebulous set of criteria that include corporate leverage, deftness of negotiation, personal turmoil and insults thrown and received. — Andrew R. Chow, Time, "The Succession Season 2 Roy Family Power Rankings," 8 Aug. 2019 And whether any one nudge is truly positive is entirely subjective. — Olivia Goldhill, Quartz, "Politicians love nudge theory. But beware its doppelgĂ€nger âsludgeâ," 31 July 2019 The thesis of constitutional morality developed by former chief justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra to inter alia protect an individual against majoritarian opinion, although criticised for subjective potential, has buttressed plurality. — Salman Khurshid, Quartz India, "Rumours, suspicions, fears: What Indian Muslims have battled since Independence," 26 July 2019 Thereâs no doubt that judging for the visual arts exhibition is a subjective process. — Richard Chang, Daily Pilot, "Get yer fresh, hot art at the OC Fair," 18 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'subjective.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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