Subjectivity

noun

noun ·5 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being subjective. countable, singular, singular-only, uncountable
  2. 2
    judgment based on individual personal impressions and feelings and opinions rather than external facts wordnet
  3. 3
    A subjective thought or idea. countable, uncountable

    "Beyond bringing women back into analyses of the workplace and the labor process, we now have to analyze how work is gendered and gendering: gender as a means of control and an organizing principle for class relations at the point of production, and workplace as a site for gender construction, formation, and reproduction. In the latest development, seeing gender as a power process also directs our attention toward the politics of identity, or the formation and claiming of collective subjectivities."

Synonyms

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subjectivenessimmanenceindwellinginherenceinwardnesssubjectiveness

Example

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"Philosophy is the self-correction by consciousness of its own initial excess of subjectivity."

Etymology

From French subjectivité, equivalent to subjective + -ity.

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