[sub.jec.tiv.ism] n (ca. 1857) 1 a: a theory that limits knowledge to subjective experience b: a theory that stresses the subjective elements in experience
2. a: a doctrine that the supreme good is the realization of a subjective experience or feeling (as pleasure) b: a doctrine that individual feeling or apprehension is the ultimate criterion of the good and the right -- sub.jec.tiv.ist n -- sub.jec.tiv.is.tic adj