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Definition of Objectify
1. Verb. Make external or objective, or give reality to. "Language externalizes our thoughts"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Exteriorisation, Object, Objectification, Objectification
2. Verb. Make impersonal or present as an object. "Pornography objectifies women"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Depersonalisation, Depersonalisation, Depersonalization, Depersonalization
Antonyms: Personalise, Personalize
Definition of Objectify
1. v. t. To cause to become an object; to cause to assume the character of an object; to render objective.
Definition of Objectify
1. Verb. to make something (such as an abstract idea) possible to be perceived by the senses ¹
2. Verb. to treat as something objectively real ¹
3. Verb. to treat as a mere object and deny the dignity of ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Objectify
1. [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Objectify
Literary usage of Objectify
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Metaphysic of Experience by Shadworth Hollway Hodgson (1898)
"Hence, when we come to objectify acts of counting, we can do it in two ways.
If, first, we objectify them as abstract acts, we find that they are all alike ..."
2. An Introduction to the Study of Landscape Design by Henry Vincent Hubbard (1917)
"Actually, we objectify this pleasurable perception and we attribute it as a
quality to an object, calling such an object beautiful, just as we objectify our ..."
3. The Philosophical Radicals and Other Essays: With Chapters Reprinted on the by Andrew Seth Pringle-Pattison (1907)
"Now if thought is to objectify or in any way to deal with these subjective states,
it must have some knowledge or awareness of them as such; ..."
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