Nonsubjective

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Not influenced by personal feelings, opinions, or interpretations; based on observable facts or external reality
2. Lacking personal bias or subjective interpretation, such a perspective relies solely on objective evidence and verifiable phenomena
3. This term refers to viewpoints or assessments that are entirely free from individual emotions and opinions, grounded instead in factual reality

Etymology: "Nonsubjective" is a plain formation: the prefix "non-" attached to "subjective." "Non-" is a negating prefix from Latin "non" ("not"), used in English to make a word mean the absence of a quality, so "nonsubjective" describes something that is not subjective. The base word carries the more interesting history. "Subjective" comes from the Latin "subiectivus," built on "subicere," meaning "to throw under" or "to place beneath," which gives the sense of something lying underneath a thinking mind. In philosophy, "subjective" came to describe what belongs to the perceiving subject, such as thoughts, feelings and perceptions, as opposed to what exists independently of it. "Nonsubjective" takes that contrast and states it negatively: the observable facts and external reality that exist apart from any individual's mind.

Synonyms: objective, impartial, unbiased

Antonyms: subjective, biased, personal