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noun
The doctrine that reality is created or shaped by the mind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: metaphysics
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noun
The doctrine that knowledge is based in feelings or intuition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: epistemology, human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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noun
The doctrine that values and moral principles come from attitudes, convention, whim, or preference.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: ethics, human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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noun
the quality of being subjective
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: quality
noun
(philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge and value are dependent on and limited by your subjective experience
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory
History
Etymology tree English subjective Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō 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.
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