subjectivism
English
Etymology
subjective + -ism
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /səbˈd͡ʒɛktəvɪzm̩/
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Noun
subjectivism (countable and uncountable, plural subjectivisms)
- (metaphysics) The doctrine that reality is created or shaped by the mind.
- (epistemology) The doctrine that knowledge is based in feelings or intuition.
- 1980, George Lakoff; Mark Johnson, chapter 25, in Metaphors We Live By:
- Subjectivism takes as its allies the emotions, intuitive insight, imagination, humaneness, art, and a “higher” truth.
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- (ethics) The doctrine that values and moral principles come from attitudes, convention, whim, or preference.
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doctrine in metaphysics
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doctrine in epistemology
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doctrine in ethics
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