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OBJECTIFY (objectified)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does objectify mean?
• OBJECTIFY (verb)
The verb OBJECTIFY has 2 senses:
1. make external or objective, or give reality to
2. make impersonal or present as an object
Familiarity information: OBJECTIFY used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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... he / she / it objectifies Past simple: objectified
Past participle: objectified
-ing form: objectifying
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make external or objective, or give reality to
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
exteriorise; exteriorize; externalise; externalize; objectify
Context example:
language externalizes our thoughts
Hypernyms (to "objectify" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
object (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow)
objectification (the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing)
objectification (a concrete representation of an abstract idea or principle)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Make impersonal or present as an object
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
depersonalise; depersonalize; objectify
Context example:
Pornography objectifies women
Hypernyms (to "objectify" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Context examples
Sensation invested itself in form and color and radiance, and what his imagination dared, it objectified in some sublimated and magic way.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
It was the unknown, objectified at last, in concrete flesh and blood, bending over him and reaching down to seize hold of him.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Renunciation, sacrifice, patience, industry, and high endeavor were the principles she thus indirectly preached—such abstractions being objectified in her mind by her father, and Mr. Butler, and by Andrew Carnegie, who, from a poor immigrant boy had arisen to be the book-giver of the world.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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