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Synonyms: Adjective
idiomatic, individual, individualized, particular, patented, peculiar, personal, personalized, private, privy, separate, singular, unique
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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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Experts also say that securing a conviction against an officer is often a challenge because jurors are inclined to believe police testimony and criminal culpability in such cases is subjective. — Ryan Tarinelli, The Seattle Times, "Sentencing underway for ex-Texas cop convicted of murder," 28 Aug. 2018 So are selective colleges moving away from using these subjective criteria? — Amy Harmon, New York Times, "College Admission Is Not a Personality Contest. Or Is It?," 15 June 2018 Cases in the Netherlands show the most troubling reality of euthanasia laws: their widening use based on subjective criteria. — Andrew T. Walker, National Review, "29 and Euthanized: Dark News from the Netherlands," 31 Jan. 2018 Measurement is going to be far more subjective than profit figures, let alone cash flow. — James Mackintosh, WSJ, "Fixing Capitalism, One Disclosure at a Time," 27 Nov. 2018 That’s fine—beauty is subjective, and humans are notoriously attracted to people who resemble themselves. — Christine Michel Carter, Harper's BAZAAR, "The Challenges of Raising a Black Girl to Feel Beautiful," 18 Oct. 2018 The picks are subjective, of course, but usually seem on point for me. — Sam Byford, The Verge, "Apple Music now does a much better job of showing artists’ albums," 10 Sep. 2018 This is where the more subjective parts of Google’s search engine come in. — Brian Fung, The Seattle Times, "Here’s what we really know about Google’s mysterious search engine," 28 Aug. 2018 Many of the Volcker revisions under consideration adhere to a blueprint issued last year by Trump’s Treasury Department, which advised doing away with many of the rule’s more subjective demands. — Jesse Hamilton, Philly.com, "Volcker Rule rewrite is said to drop key trading burden on banks," 15 May 2018These 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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