Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Subjective: Based on or influenced by personal feelings, interpretations, or perspectives, rather than external facts or evidence. It describes a viewpoint that is individual and internal.
   • Overconfident / Negligent: In common usage, it describes an attitude of acting based on one's own assumptions without careful consideration of the actual situation or objective conditions, often leading to oversight.

2. Noun:

   • Subjectivity: The quality or state of being based on personal consciousness, will, or perception, as opposed to objective reality.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ta rất chủ quan khi cho rằng kỳ thi sẽ dễ. (He was very overconfident in thinking the exam would be easy.)
  • Đánh giá của cô ấy hoàn toàn chủ quan. (Her assessment is completely subjective.)
• Noun:
  • Chúng ta cần tránh chủ quan trong công việc. (We need to avoid subjectivity in our work.)

Advanced Usage

• "tính chủ quan": Subjectivity (as a quality).
  • Tính chủ quan là một trở ngại trong nghiên cứu khoa học. (Subjectivity is an obstacle in scientific research.)
• "bệnh chủ quan" / "chủ nghĩa chủ quan": Subjectivism (an excessive reliance on subjective thought).
  • Nhà lãnh đạo đó mắc bệnh chủ quan. (That leader suffers from subjectivism.)

Variants and Related Words

• Khách quan (adj/n): Objective / Objectivity. This is the direct antonym.
  • Chúng ta cần một phân tích khách quan. (We need an objective analysis.)

Synonyms

• Biased: Prejudiced in favor of a personal view.
• Overconfident: Excessively confident, especially without adequate basis.
• Internal: Relating to the mind or self.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Chủ quan khinh địch: To be overconfident and underestimate the opponent/adversary.
  • Đội chủ nhà chủ quan khinh địch và đã thua. (The home team was overconfident and underestimated the opponent and lost.)
• Tư tưởng chủ quan: Subjective thinking/mentality.
  • Tư tưởng chủ quan dẫn đến nhiều quyết định sai lầm. (A subjective mentality leads to many wrong decisions.)

noun

1. Subjective feeling, subjective thinking, subjective point of view
   • làm cho chủ quan phù hợp với khách quan
     to square what is subjective with what is objective

adj

1. Subjective, personal, own
   • sự nỗ lực chủ quan
     one's own (personal) effort
   • phương pháp tư tưởng còn chủ quan
     his way of thinking is still subjective
   • chủ nghĩa chủ quan
     subjectivism