sub·jec·tive (s?b-j?k?t?v)adj.1. a. Dependent on or taking place in a person’s mind rather than the external world: “The sensation of pain is a highly subjective experience that varies by culture as well as by individual temperament and situation” (John Hoberman).b. Based on a given person’s experience, understanding, and feelings; personal or individual: admitted he was making a highly subjective judgment.2. Psychology Not caused by external stimuli.3. Medicine Of, relating to, or designating a symptom or complaint perceived by a patient.4. Expressing or bringing into prominence the individuality of the artist or author.5. Grammar Relating to or being the nominative case.6. Relating to the real nature of something; essential.sub·jec?tive·ly adv.sub·jec?tive·ness, sub?jec·tiv?i·ty (s?b?j?k-t?v??-t?) n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.subjective (s?b?d??kt?v) adj1. belonging to, proceeding from, or relating to the mind of the thinking subject and not the nature of the object being considered2. of, relating to, or emanating from a person’s emotions, prejudices, etc: subjective views. 3. relating to the inherent nature of a person or thing; essential4. (Philosophy) existing only as perceived and not as a thing in itself5. (Medicine) med (of a symptom, condition, etc) experienced only by the patient and incapable of being recognized or studied by anyone else6. (Grammar) grammar denoting a case of nouns and pronouns, esp in languages having only two cases, that identifies the subject of a finite verb and (in formal use in English) is selected for predicate complements, as in It is I. See also nominative1n (Grammar) grammar a. the subjective caseb. a subjective word or speech elementAbbreviation: subj sub?jectively adv ?subjec?tivity, sub?jectiveness nCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014sub?jec?tive (s?b?d??k t?v) adj. 1. existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective). 2. pertaining to or characteristic of an individual; personal: a subjective evaluation. 3. placing excessive emphasis on one’s own moods, attitudes, opinions, etc. 4. Philos. relating to or of the nature of an object as it is known in the mind as distinct from a thing in itself. 5. relating to properties or specific conditions of the mind as distinguished from general or universal experience. 6. pertaining to the subject or substance in which attributes inhere; essential. 7. a. of or designating a grammatical case that typically indicates the subject of a finite verb; nominative (contrasted with objective). b. of or pertaining to the subject of a sentence. 8. Obs. characteristic of a political subject; submissive. [1400?50;