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subjectivism definition

sub·jec·tiv·ism (səb jektiv iz′əm)

noun

  1. the philosophic theory that all knowledge is subjective and relative, never objective
  2. any philosophic theory that restricts knowledge in some way to the subjective elements, as by limiting external reality to what can be known or inferred by subjective standards of truth
  3. an ethical theory holding that personal attitudes and feelings are the sole determinants of moral and aesthetic values

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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