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objectify
[ uhb-jek-tuh-fahy ]
verb (used with object)
- 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.
objectify
/ əˈɛɪˌڲɪ /
verb
- tr to represent concretely; present as an object
Derived Forms
- DzˌپھˈپDz, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- Dz··پ·ھ··پDz [uh, b-jek-t, uh, -fi-, key, -sh, uh, n], noun
- o·ver·Dz··پ·ھ··پDz noun
- ··Dz··پ·ڲ verb (used with object) overobjectified overobjectifying
- ܲ·Dz··پ·ھ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of objectify1
Example Sentences
"They did do an assembly about how to treat women and not to objectify them."
"I want to start a debate and encourage people to think about a process that objectifies women who have very little freedom to choose between marriage and career," he says.
Prof Tracey said: "Pain is subjective, it's a private experience that you can't really objectify, it's an oddity in its own self."
The tendency to objectify women may in some cases also develop into a desire to annihilate the whole question of female desire, let alone agency.
Avani Johnson, who was at the Timothée Chalamet contest, says she believes the latest trend has taken off because "women are relishing the opportunity to objectify men in a complete switch in power dynamics".
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