subjectivity
noun
sub·jec·tiv·i·ty
(ˌ)səb-ˌjek-ˈti-və-tē 
: the quality, state, or nature of being subjective
Any attempt to link landscapes and music together can suffer from some measure of subjectivity.—
David J. Keeling
David J. KeelingHe thinks that scientists and philosophers have unjustly neglected the subjectivity of conscious experience and that this has made it harder for them to explain some of the workings of the mind.—Anthony Gottlieb
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And, in addition, participants’ self-reporting introduces subjectivity to the data.
—New Atlas, 22 Sep. 2024
What’s more, World Aquatics set up a new scoring system in 2023 to de-emphasize subjectivity and put more focus on a routine’s objective difficulty in terms of overall points.
—Julia Sullivan, SELF, 6 Aug. 2024
The truth is there, but its concealment arises from what makes testimony imprecise and evidence incomplete—namely, the failure to account for the personalities and self-interest of its observers, for the subjectivity that stands in the way of objective fact.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024
The same sensorial subjectivity is true for objects in space.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2024
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New Atlas, 22 Sep. 2024
What’s more, World Aquatics set up a new scoring system in 2023 to de-emphasize subjectivity and put more focus on a routine’s objective difficulty in terms of overall points.
—Julia Sullivan, SELF, 6 Aug. 2024
The truth is there, but its concealment arises from what makes testimony imprecise and evidence incomplete—namely, the failure to account for the personalities and self-interest of its observers, for the subjectivity that stands in the way of objective fact.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024
The same sensorial subjectivity is true for objects in space.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2024
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subjectivity
noun
sub·jec·tiv·i·ty
ˌsəb-jek-ˈtiv-ət-ē
plural subjectivities
1
: subjective character, quality, state, or nature
2
: the personal qualities of an investigator that affect the outcome of scientific or medical research (as by unconsciously communicating a bias to the subject of the experiment)
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