objectify

[ uh b-jek-tuh-fahy ]

/ əbˈdʒɛk təˌfaɪ /

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verb (used with object), ob·jec·ti·fied, ob·jec·ti·fy·ing.

to present as an object, especially of sight, touch, or other physical sense; make objective; externalize.

Origin of objectify

First recorded in 1830–40; object + -ify

OTHER WORDS FROM objectify

ob·jec·ti·fi·ca·tion, noun de-ob·jec·ti·fi·ca·tion, noun non·ob·jec·ti·fi·ca·tion, noun o·ver·ob·jec·ti·fi·ca·tion, noun

o·ver·ob·jec·ti·fy, verb (used with object), o·ver·ob·jec·ti·fied, o·ver·ob·jec·ti·fy·ing. self-ob·jec·ti·fi·ca·tion, noun un·ob·jec·ti·fied, adjective

Words nearby objectify

object relations theory, object relationship, object-oriented, object-oriented programming, object., objectify, objection, objectionable, objective, objective case, objective complement

Example sentences from the Web for objectification

In fact, some feminist critics have pointed to a long history of objectification in Star Trek.

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The fact of the matter is that misogyny and objectification are commonplace in the entertainment industry.

Lana Del Rey and the Fault in Our ‘Feminist’ Stars |Amy Zimmerman |June 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The objectification of women and girls in advertising is a serious problem.

VOCO’s Sexist Ad Demonstrates That the Tech Industry Badly Needs Women |Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Jean Kilbourne |January 10, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Appearance and objectification affect women comics disproportionately than their male counterparts.

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It was a voyeuristic approach that was less about admiration and more about objectification.

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Nor is it hard to find the ground of this survival in the sense of beauty of an objectification of feeling elsewhere extinct.

The Sense of Beauty |George Santayana
Thus beauty is constituted by the objectification of pleasure.

The Sense of Beauty |George Santayana
In other words, he effected what may be called an objectification of the literary ideal.

A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance |Joel Elias Spingarn
The measure (ratio) we project in our objectification can as well be a measure related to our perceptive system.

The Civilization of Illiteracy |Mihai Nadin
Objectification the differentia of aesthetic pleasure, 44 et seq.

The Sense of Beauty |George Santayana

British Dictionary definitions for objectification

objectify

/ (əbˈdʒɛktɪˌfaɪ) /

verb -fies, -fying or -fied

(tr) to represent concretely; present as an object

Derived forms of objectify

objectification, noun

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objectify

verb (used with object), ob·jec·ti·fied, ob·jec·ti·fy·ing.

Origin of objectify

OTHER WORDS FROM objectify

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British Dictionary definitions for objectification

verb -fies, -fying or -fied

Derived forms of objectify

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

objectify

verb (used with object), ob·jec·ti·fied, ob·jec·ti·fy·ing.

Origin of objectify

OTHER WORDS FROM objectify

Words nearby objectify

Words related to objectification

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verb -fies, -fying or -fied

Derived forms of objectify

British Dictionary definitions for objectification