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subjective

adj

1. taking place or existing only within the mind.

2. particular to a specific person and thus intrinsically inaccessible to the experience or observation of others.

3. based on or influenced by personal feelings, interpretations, or prejudices. Compare objective.

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February 25th 2025

inner estrangement

inner estrangement

the feeling that external objects are unfamiliar and unreal. [defined by Austrian psychoanalyst Paul Federn (1871–1950)]