objectification
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- noun
- /ˌɑbʤɛkˈtɪfɪˌkeɪʃən/
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- You really don't think that there is at least some relationship between your objectification and treatment of women and how you ended up in here?
- sexual objectification
- objectification of women
- body objectification
I think for me the the difference between sexual liberation and objectification is permission.
- I think for me the the difference between sexual liberation and objectification is permission.
- And it's like an obsessive amount of body surveillance, some kind of self objectification.
- Also, you know, packaging female objectification for young men.
- And it's a book about how really good strong relationships are the consequence of people constantly moving through this dependency objectification dynamic.
Examples
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- I think that entertainment culture's promotion of the objectification of girls and women literally leads women to hate their bodies.
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We have to fight the objectification of women.
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In rock, the primary issue addressed was the sexual objectification of women performers.
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So if we have a whole generation of young people being raised where woman's objectification is just par for the course, it's normal, it's okay, we have a whole generation of women who are less likely to run for office and less likely to vote.
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Within these diverse portrayals, the common denominator is the objectification of women within a male-centered perspective.
Academic text (1997) -
The author criticized the objectification of women in modern advertising, arguing it harms their self-esteem.
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Many feminist movements aim to eliminate the objectification of individuals in media and everyday life.
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The documentary highlights the dangers of objectification, showing how it reduces people to mere commodities.
Synonyms
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Treating an idea as a real thing
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An idea or plan that becomes real and takes a clear form
Treating an idea as if it were a real thing
Making an idea or plan clear and real with details
The process of treating ideas or feelings like real things
Putting general ideas into clear, real images often in art or writing
Making an idea or plan into something real
Antonyms
How Concrete
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Objectification comes from the common word object meaning 'thing' and the ending -ification meaning 'making'. So objectification is the act of making a person, idea, or feeling into a 'thing', which explains why it means treating someone or something as an object.