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   subjective

   /səbˈdʒɛktɪv/

   adjective

   • 1. based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions: "his views are highly subjective"
   • ▪ dependent on the mind or on an individual's perception for its existence.
   • 2. relating to or denoting a case of nouns and pronouns used for the subject of a sentence.

   noun

   • 1. the subjective case.

   Word Origin late Middle English (originally in the sense ‘characteristic of a political subject, submissive’): from Latin subjectivus, from subject- ‘brought under’ (see subject).

   Derivatives

   • 1. subjectiveness noun

   Scrabble Points: 24

   • S

     1

   • U

     1

   • B

     3

   • J

     8

   • E

     1

   • C

     3

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • V

     4

   • E

     1

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