adj · academic
subjective
/səbˈdʒɛktɪv/sub·JEC·tive
Based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions rather than external facts.
Examples
“Reviews of art are often subjective, depending on the critic's taste.”
“The grading should be as objective as possible, not subjective.”
“Her view of success is highly subjective.”
Band 8 sentence
“While art criticism is inevitably subjective, reviewers should justify their opinions with concrete observations.”
Collocations
- subjective opinion
- highly subjective
- be subjective about
Word family
Common mistakes
use 'subjective' when you mean 'opinion' every time→use 'subjective' to describe opinions based on personal feeling, not every 'opinion' context
I feel that is subjectively true→I feel that is subjectively true
Say it for a higher band
5personal→6opinionated→7+subjective
Synonyms
personal
biased
Easily confused
biased
“The jury appeared biased, favouring the defendant.”
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