Dictionary

subjectivism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /səbˈd͡ʒɛktəvɪzm̩/
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Etymology

Etymology tree English subjective Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English subjectivism From subjective + -ism.

Meanings

1. (countable, qualifier:metaphysics, uncountable) The doctrine that reality is created or shaped by the mind.
2. (countable, uncountable) The doctrine that knowledge is based in feelings or intuition.
   • Subjectivism takes as its allies the emotions, intuitive insight, imagination, humaneness, art, and a “higher” truth. 1980, George Lakoff, Mark Johnson, chapter 25, in Metaphors We Live By:
3. (countable, uncountable) The doctrine that values and moral principles come from attitudes, convention, whim, or preference.

Forms

Antonyms

objectivism

Coordinates

relativism

Deriveds

antisubjectivism

Translations (10)

de Subjektivismus (doctrine in ethics) · fi subjektivismi (doctrine in ethics) · tl subhetibismo (doctrine in metaphysics) · de Subjektivismus (doctrine in epistemology) · ro subiectivism (doctrine in ethics) · ro subiectivism (doctrine in metaphysics) · ro subiectivism (doctrine in epistemology) · fi subjektivismi (doctrine in metaphysics) · fi subjektivismi (doctrine in epistemology) · de Subjektivismus (doctrine in metaphysics)