subjectivism

English

Etymology

subjective +‎ -ism

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /səbˈd͡ʒɛktəvɪzm̩/

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Noun

subjectivism (countable and uncountable, plural subjectivisms)

1. (metaphysics) The doctrine that reality is created or shaped by the mind.
2. (epistemology) The doctrine that knowledge is based in feelings or intuition.
   • 1980, George Lakoff, Mark Johnson, chapter 25, in Metaphors We Live By:

     Subjectivism takes as its allies the emotions, intuitive insight, imagination, humaneness, art, and a “higher” truth.

3. (ethics) The doctrine that values and moral principles come from attitudes, convention, whim, or preference.

Antonyms

• objectivism

Coordinate terms

• relativism

Derived terms

• antisubjectivism

Translations

doctrine in metaphysics

• Finnish: subjektivismi (fi)
• German: Subjektivismus m
• Romanian: subiectivism (ro) n
• Tagalog: subhetibismo

doctrine in epistemology

• Finnish: subjektivismi (fi)
• German: Subjektivismus m
• Romanian: subiectivism (ro) n

doctrine in ethics

• Finnish: subjektivismi (fi)
• German: Subjektivismus m
• Romanian: subiectivism (ro) n

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• Czech: ^{(please verify)} subjektivismus m
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} subjectivisme (nl) n
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} subjektivisme