Definition of: subjective

(səb·jek′tiv) adjective
1. Relating to, or conditioned by, mental states or the ego; proceeding from or taking place within the thinking subject: opposed to objective.
2. Pertaining to the real nature or essence or substance of a person or thing; inherent; essential.
3. Peculiar to an individual; fanciful; illusory.
4. Inclined to be submissive; obedient.
5. Gram. Designating that case of the substantive used to denote its function as subject of a finite verb.
6. In literature and art, giving prominence to the subject or author as treating of his inner experience and emotion.
7. Introspective.
—sub·jec′tive·ly adverb
—sub·jec′·tive·ness, sub·jec·tiv·i·ty (sub′jek·tiv′ə·tē) noun ♦ Subjective and objective, paired words, are strictly speaking neither synonyms nor antonyms. In scholasticism and philosophies of idealism they are both concerned with the object perceived, but represent different approaches to it. Objective signifies the relating of mental states to an object, that is, to something outside the perceiving mind which is recognized as having an existence outside that mind. Subjective relates to a feeling, attitude, or cognition that is recognized as being a construct within the mind of the perceiver, even though it takes the external object as its point of departure. Different individuals may receive different subjective impressions from the same objective fact.
See INHERENT, OBJECTIVE.