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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 value—bushels of wheat, say—whose 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 facts—things 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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Likability is a tricky, highly subjective political term. — Ella Nilsen, Vox, "“Likability” ratings in a recent New Hampshire poll show just how tough female candidates have it," 23 July 2019 The true challenge of assigning stars is trying to objectify an inherently subjective experience in a meaningful way. — Arizona Republic Food & Dining Team, azcentral, "We aren't getting rid of stars in restaurant reviews. But they're getting a major makeover," 9 July 2019 Instead, Perceptive Automata relies on the subjective judgment of other human beings to provide the data used to train its algorithms. — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, "Pedestrians are a hard problem for self-driving cars—here’s one solution," 30 July 2018 This means that eliminating drug use is fueled by ideology and subjective moral judgment. — José Ramos-horta, STAT, "Falsehoods and facts about drugs and the people who use them," 19 Apr. 2018 Determining what people need to hear about is more subjective, but there is no bigger or more intractable problem facing humanity than global warming. — Emily Atkin, The New Republic, "Climate Change Is Finally Getting the Attention It Deserved 20 Years Ago," 1 Aug. 2019 Defining reach in this instance is subjective, but the Dodgers are in the market for an elite reliever. — Los Angeles Times, "Dodgers covet Pirates closer Felipe Vazquez, balk at trading Gavin Lux," 29 July 2019 There is so much to consider when creating the perfect bath atmosphere, and the answer is subjective. — Allure Staff, Allure, "The Ultimate Bath Time Routine," 27 July 2019 But much of journalism is subjective, by design, to add to the richness and diversity of thought and debate in the public sphere. — Kerry Lengel, azcentral, "Parlergate? What we know and don’t know about Kari Lake’s return to Fox 10," 24 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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