OBJECTIFY (objectified)
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
• OBJECTIFY (verb)
Meaning:
Make external or objective, or give reality to
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
exteriorise; objectify; exteriorize; externalise; externalize
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
Meaning:
Make impersonal or present as an object
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
depersonalise; depersonalize; objectify
Context examples:
Will computers depersonalize human interactions? / 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
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