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intersubjectivity.

Noun
Academic
MEANING

Shared or mutually accessible understanding, experience or criteria among different conscious subjects.

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  • intersubjectivity of meaning
  • intersubjective agreement

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The argument examined intersubjectivity of meaning through shared language practices.
Intersubjectivity did not require every participant to have an identical private experience.

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Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: definition, institutional analysis, scope assessment, comparison. Disciplines: academic writing, institutional analysis, conceptual explanation. Commonness: uncommon.

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