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objectify
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb objectify has 2 senses
- objectify(v = verb.change) exteriorise, exteriorize, externalise, externalize - make external or objective, or give reality to; "language externalizes our thoughts" is one way to alter, change, modify
- objectify(v = verb.change) depersonalise, depersonalize - make impersonal or present as an object; "Will computers depersonalize human interactions?"; "Pornography objectifies women" is one way to alter, change, modify
Derived forms noun object1, noun objectification1, noun objectification2
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
objectify, v. t. [Object + -fy.].
To cause to become an object; to cause to assume the character of an object; to represent or consider as an object; to render objective. J. D. Morell. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
objectify, v.tr. (-ies, -ied)
1 make objective; embody.
2 present as an object of perception.
1 make objective; embody.
2 present as an object of perception.
Derivative
objectification n.
THESAURUS
objectify
actualize, call to mind, call up, conjure up, envisage, envision, exteriorize, externalize, extrapolate, image, incarnate, just see, manifest, materialize, personalize, personify, picture, project, realize, represent, see, substantiate, summon up, vision, visualize
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