objectify
to present as an object, especially of sight, touch, or other physical sense; make objective; externalize.
to treat (a person) as an object or thing: Women are objectified and their physical attributes highlighted in ways that do not apply to men.
Origin of objectify
1Other words from objectify
- ob·jec·ti·fi·ca·tion [uhb-jek-tuh-fi-key-shuhn], /əbˌdʒɛk tə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən/, 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.
- un·ob·jec·ti·fied, adjective
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How to use objectify in a sentence
He wanted to reverse that typical cliché about how we look at and objectify women’s bodies.
I have a strong experience of difference, of being vilified or removed or objectified through harassment or teasing.
Revisiting ‘The Visitors’: An oral history of Ragnar Kjartansson’s multimedia masterpiece | Sebastian Smee, Gabriel Florit, Joanne Lee | July 23, 2021 | Washington PostEven in the supportive celebration of her bravery, Spears and her career were being objectified again.
In the 1990s, some in academia advocated for replacing the word slave, arguing it objectifies and dehumanizes those who were enslaved.
This urge to objectify and thereby transcend nature is the source, he implies, of all our travails.
Sculpture parks are a great way to see art during a pandemic. Here’s why some are better than others. | Sebastian Smee | February 11, 2021 | Washington Post
As a journalist writing a quick post for The Daily Beast, my job was to objectify him—and I did.
I Watched Shia LaBeouf Cry at His Weird LA Art Project #IAMSORRY | Andrew Romano | February 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut he failed to make the connection that chauvinists invariably objectify women and view them as unequal.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTThus, they objectify both the pain of the sickness and the fear aroused in the community by the behaviour of the sick person.
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm WundtNor has he ever had the power to express and objectify himself completely, and achieve vital form.
Musical Portraits | Paul RosenfeldWe are inevitably inclined to objectify the limitations of our own power instead of recognizing them for what they are.
The Non-religion of the Future: A Sociological Study | Jean-Marie GuyauYou objectify an impression without arguing as to its reality at all, or relating it to yourself or anything else.
Beauty and the Beast | Stewart A. McDowallThe effort to objectify the ideal, and to put it in concrete form in words or upon canvas, is said to be precious though painful.
The Christian Faith Under Modern Searchlights | William Hallock Johnson
British Dictionary definitions for objectify
/ (əbˈdʒɛktɪˌfaɪ) /
(tr) to represent concretely; present as an object
Derived forms of objectify
- objectification, noun
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