Meanings
nounsubjectivism (countable and uncountable, plural subjectivisms)
plural subjectivisms
- countableuncountablemetaphysicsThe doctrine that reality is created or shaped by the mind.
- countableuncountableepistemologyThe 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 - countableuncountableethicsThe doctrine that values and moral principles come from attitudes, convention, whim, or preference.
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
Origin
Translations
Finnish subjektivismi, subjektivismi
- subjektivismidoctrine in epistemology
- subjektivismidoctrine in ethics
- subjektivismidoctrine in metaphysics
German Subjektivismus, Subjektivismus
- Subjektivismusdoctrine in epistemology
- Subjektivismusdoctrine in ethics
- Subjektivismusdoctrine in metaphysics
Romanian subiectivism, subiectivism
- subiectivismdoctrine in epistemology
- subiectivismdoctrine in ethics
- subiectivismdoctrine in metaphysics
Tagalog subhetibismo
- subhetibismodoctrine in metaphysics
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APA
subjectivism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subjectivism
MLA
“subjectivism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subjectivism. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subjectivism,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subjectivism.
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