subjective Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias
    • a subjective judgment
  2. adjective of a mental act performed entirely within the mind
    immanent.
    • a cognition is an immanent act of mind

WordNet

Sub*jec"tive adjective
Etymology
L. subjectivus: cf. F. subjectif.
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to a subject.
  2. Especially, pertaining to, or derived from, one's own consciousness, in distinction from external observation; ralating to the mind, or intellectual world, in distinction from the outward or material excessively occupied with, or brooding over, one's own internal states. ✍ In the philosophy of the mind, subjective denotes what is to be referred to the thinking subject, the ego; objective, what belongs to the object of thought, the non-ego. See Objective, a., 2. Sir W. Hamilton.
  3. (Lit. & Art) Modified by, or making prominent, the individuality of a writer or an artist; as, a subjective drama or painting; a subjective writer. Syn. -- See Objective. -- Sub*jec"tive*ly, adv. -- Sub*jec"tive*ness, n.

Webster 1913