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subjectivation

subjectivation noun: the process of turning subjective.

Noun

subjectivation (countable and uncountable, plural subjectivations)

  1. The process of turning subjective.
    • The historic interest of the belief is its subjectivation of the source of necessity and the correlated "loosening," as Hume would say, of states of consciousness.1893, Edward Douglas Fawcett, The Riddle of the Universe: Being an Attempt to Determine the First Principles of Metaphysic, Considered as an Inquiry Into the Conditions and Import of Consciousness

Forms of subjectivation

pluralsubjectivations

Origin of subjectivation

From subjective + -ation; attested since the 19th century.

Questions about subjectivation

What does subjectivation mean?
Subjectivation means the process of turning subjective.
What part of speech is subjectivation?
Subjectivation is a noun.
What is the plural of subjectivation?
The plural of subjectivation is subjectivations.

Words near subjectivation in the dictionary

  1. subjectional
  2. subjections
  3. subjectist
  4. subjectists
  5. subjectival
  6. subjectivation
  7. subjectivations
  8. subjective
  9. subjective case
  10. subjective cases
  11. subjective synonym

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