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subjective

adjective as in emotional; based on inner experience rather than fact

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Here, their decision is more subjective and susceptible to error — especially at a macro turning point.

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The department’s justification was blunt, casting the survey as “redundant, costly, politicized and extraneous,” saying that the report had “failed to present anything more than subjective, liberal fodder.”

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“Innovation is not always embraced and art is to be interpreted and it’s subjective.”

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“The biggest problem we face is that there’s no agreement on what terrorism is and it’s become completely subjective,” said Bruce Hoffman, senior fellow for counter-terrorism and homeland security at the Council on Foreign Relations.

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“You as the viewer get to decide: Is there a truth, or is it just subjective?” she says.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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