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sub·jec·tiv·ism | \ (ˌ)səb-ˈjek-ti-ˌvi-zəm 
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\Definition of subjectivism
1a : a theory that limits knowledge to subjective experience
b : a theory that stresses the subjective elements in experience
2a : a doctrine that the supreme good is the realization of a subjective experience or feeling (such as pleasure)
b : a doctrine that individual feeling or apprehension is the ultimate criterion of the good and the right
Other Words from subjectivism
subjectivist \ (ˌ)səb-ˈjek-ti-vist \ noun
\ nounsubjectivistic \ (ˌ)səb-ˌjek-ti-ˈvi-stik \ adjective
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The first known use of subjectivism was in 1845
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