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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • As used by Carl Jung the innate worldview orientation of the introverted personality types.
  • Formed, as in opinions, based upon subjective feelings or intuition, not upon observation or reasoning, which can be influenced by preconception; coming more from within the observer rather than from observations of the external environment.
  • Lacking in reality or substance.
  • Pertaining to subjects as opposed to objects (A ''subject'' is one who perceives or is aware; an ''object'' is the thing perceived or the thing that the subject is aware of.)
  • psychology Experienced by a person mentally and not directly verifiable by others
  • Resulting from or pertaining to personal mindsets or experience, arising from perceptive mental conditions within the brain and not necessarily from external stimuli.

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