to objectify
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- verb
- /əbˈdʒɛktɪˌfaɪ/
- Offensive
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cosificar a
- Boycott magazines, TV shows, and movies that objectify and degrade women.
- objectify women
- objectified bodies
- male gaze objectifying
Can one report about migration without objectifying one's subjects?
- Can one report about migration without objectifying one's subjects?
- This doesn't just pertain to women being objectified as sexual objects.
- Why can you objectify her but not the supermodel?
- But what men don't realize is is that they're objectifying themselves as well.
- Finding a way to not be so harsh and judgmental, so objectifying and dehumanizing.
- Specifically, she claims that she now objects to how she was objectified on the show.
- Meanwhile, people at the border are criminalized or are objectified and further marginalized.
- Our children know when they're being objectified.
- We were looked and we are objects of great beauty and desire, but we don't want to be objectified.
- In my case, it's it's been difficult to date in India because most of the men which I have approached or have approached me objectified me a lot.
- Now, the capacity of narcissistic people to objectify and compartmentalize people means that they can do that with sex.
- We live in a world where we have objectified the other and we live in a world that's, you know, we're so fragmented.
Examples
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It is harmful to objectify women in advertising, reducing their worth to mere objects.
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No, this man is not one to objectify women.
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Only my wife is allowed to objectify me like that.
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Why can you objectify her but not the supermodel?
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Guys, please don't objectify the men in this office.
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Some guys get upset when you objectify their girlfriends.
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It's about not objectifying women.
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Wow, I feel objectified here
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According to antipornography feminists, pornography objectifies women and leads to violence against women.
Academic text (2006) -
Of these, one shows women being more objectified than men (presence of orgasms, where women have fewer orgasms).
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
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To treat a person as if they are not human and take away their dignity
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Treat a person or thing as an object and remove personal qualities
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Use a person or thing as a tool to reach a goal, ignoring their needs
To treat people as things and ignore their feelings
To make communication feel less personal by removing names or feelings
Make someone cruel and act without human feelings
Antonyms
How Objectifying
- Offensive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Objectify comes from the noun object ('a thing') and the ending -ify ('to make'), so it literally means 'to make into a thing'. That's why to objectify someone is to treat them like a 'thing' instead of a person.