objectify

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To make (something, such as an abstract idea) possible to be perceived by the senses.
To treat (something) as objectively real.
To treat (someone) as a mere (usually sexual) object; to sexually dehumanize (someone).

/əbˈd͡ʒɛktɪˌfaɪ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-objectify.wav

objectify objectifies objectifying objectified

From object + -ify.

objectivize reify thingify demean fetishize

objectification objectified sexualize

objectifiable objectifier overobjectify reobjectify self-objectify unobjectifying

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