subjectivity

noun

sub·​jec·​tiv·​i·​ty (ˌ)səb-ˌjek-ˈti-və-tē 

: the quality, state, or nature of being subjective

Any attempt to link landscapes and music together can suffer from some measure of subjectivity.

—David J. Keeling

He thinks that scientists and philosophers have unjustly neglected the subjectivity of conscious experience and that this has made it harder for them to explain some of the workings of the mind.

—Anthony Gottlieb

Examples of subjectivity in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Moreover, the professorial subjectivity problem of assessing student competence is historically an ongoing challenge. —Nick Ladany, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025

Another invites viewers into a custom algorithm — a quietly radical simulation of digital subjectivity. —Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2025

These eight prompts are obviously far from a rigorous evaluation of everything LLMs can do, and judging the responses obviously involves some level of subjectivity. —ArsTechnica, 15 Aug. 2025

My mother’s subjectivities also became rote facts to be memorized: in 1945 Mildred Pierce should have won the Oscar but didn’t, in 1951 Streetcar should have won but didn’t, in 1976 Network should have won but didn’t, etc. —Joanna Howard july 10, Literary Hub, 10 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1803, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for subjectivity

• absorptivity
• affectivity
• collectivity
• conductivity
• connectivity
• corrosivity
• creativity
• diffusivity
• directivity
• effectivity
• emissivity
• exclusivity

Medical Definition

subjectivity

noun

sub·​jec·​tiv·​i·​ty ˌsəb-jek-ˈtiv-ət-ē 

plural subjectivities

1

: subjective character, quality, state, or nature

2

: the personal qualities of an investigator that affect the outcome of scientific or medical research (as by unconsciously communicating a bias to the subject of the experiment)