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

And the second impediment was the kids did not exactly present with a full and rich interior life or subjectivity. —Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025

There is always some subjectivity in such studies. —Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2025

The technique became his answer to existential creative questions: How can music reconcile human subjectivity and divine truths? —Jeffers Engelhardt, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025

While this can be very positive, the directive brings the possibility of too much subjectivity, inconsistency, and, in some cases, the possibility of bias. —Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 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)