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OBJECTIFY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: objectified   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make impersonal or present as an object

Example:

Pornography objectifies women

Synonyms:

depersonalise; depersonalize; objectify

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make external or objective, or give reality to

Example:

language externalizes our thoughts

Synonyms:

exteriorise; exteriorize; externalise; externalize; objectify

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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)

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