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 objectify

As a journalist writing a quick post for The Daily Beast, my job was to objectify him—and I did.

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Nichole, Former Porn Star: There are people like me who objectify themselves to men.

‘Sexy Baby’ Documents How the Cyber Age Changed Women and Sex |Marlow Stern |April 26, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Above all it enables us to objectify them, to throw them out into the current of social life.

Bergson and His Philosophy |J. Alexander Gunn
It will objectify a part of your material for you, and possibly, by arousing criticism, enable you to strengthen your points.

The Letters of William James, Vol. II |William James

Thus do we objectify that which has no objective existence, but is purely a subjective experience.

The Last Harvest |John Burroughs
Moreover, it is quite arbitrarily that they attribute to the primitive this tendency to objectify blindly all his emotions.

The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life |Emile Durkheim
Instead of imagining a character simply, they realize it, objectify it.

Introduction to the Science of Sociology |Robert E. Park

British Dictionary definitions for objectify

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

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British Dictionary definitions for objectify

verb -fies, -fying or -fied

Derived forms of objectify

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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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verb -fies, -fying or -fied

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British Dictionary definitions for objectify