Sub-jĕct'ĭve, a.
a. [Lat. subjectivus, Fr. subjectif, It. suggettivo, soggettivo.]
- Of, or pertaining to, a subject.
- Especially, pertaining to, or derived from, one's own consciousness, in distinction from external observation; relating to the mind, or intellectual world, in distinction from the outward or material; excessively occupied with, or brooding over, one's own internal states.
☞ “In the philosophy of the mind, subjective denotes what is to be referred to the thinking subject, the ego; objective, what belongs to the object of thought, the non-ego.” Sir W. Hamilton. Syn.—See OBJECTIVE.