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Objectify
//əbˈd͡ʒɛktɪˌfaɪ// verb
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Verb
- 1 To make (something, such as an abstract idea) possible to be perceived by the senses. intransitive, transitive
"It was the unknown, objectified at last, in concrete flesh and blood, bending over him and reaching down to seize hold of him."
- 2 make impersonal or present as an object wordnet
- 3 To treat (something) as objectively real. transitive
"The mystic objectifies a rich feeling in the pit of the stomach into a cosmology."
- 4 make external or objective, or give reality to wordnet
- 5 To treat (someone) as a mere (often sexual) object, denying their dignity and tending toward dehumanizing them. transitive
"Near-synonym: demean"
Etymology
From object + -ify.
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