Meanings
- not comparableInvolving or occurring between separate conscious minds.
1 more example
The search for certainty about the exact nature of colonial social arrangements — fascinating and important though it may be — is in many ways beyond the scope of my project, which is more concerned with the intersubjective processes of boundary making and marking than it is with objectifying social relations in a sociohistorical manner.
2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 153 - not comparableAccessible to or capable of being established for two or more subjects.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
- Proto-Italic*n̥ter
- Latininter
- Latininter-
- Englishinter-
- Englishsubjective
- Englishintersubjective
From inter- + subjective.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French intersubjectif
- intersubjectifinter-subjective
German intersubjektiv
- intersubjektivinter-subjective
Greek διαθεματικός
- διαθεματικός (diathematikós)inter-subjective
Italian intersoggettivo
- intersoggettivointer-subjective
Spanish intersubjetivo
- intersubjetivointer-subjective
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with intersubjective
Cite this entry
intersubjective. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intersubjective
“intersubjective.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intersubjective. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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