to objectify
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7.4
- verb
- /ɑbˈdʒɛktɪfaɪ/
:
objetivar
- The report aimed to objectify the data collected during the survey for clearer analysis.
- objectifies our experience
- objectifies her pain
- objectifying the world
And how do I objectify it so that I'm not living it as it is me?
- And how do I objectify it so that I'm not living it as it is me?
Examples
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For instance, the rigid methodology of social science necessarily objectifies the human behavior it studies.
Academic text (1990) -
In discussions about art, some critics objectify the emotions of the artist to better understand their intent.
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By telling stories, you objectify your own experience.
Fiction book (1998) -
We must objectify these decisions because we are not the subjects involved.
Academic text (1997) -
Some will think you objectify them if you think they are attractive; some will not.
Blog text (32) -
And how do I objectify it so that I'm not living it as it is me?
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The following suggestions attempt to objectify the process of securing pertinent information about children's preferences.
Academic text (2006) -
As post-exertional malaise is difficult to objectify, the present study employed cardiopulmonary exercise testing in order to screen for functionality.
Academic text (2005) -
Indeed, it is as if consciousness itself has somehow become perceptible, objectified as a concrete, quasi-external phenomenon.
Academic text (1998) -
What is necessary for Mohamedi is a more direct, sensuous, and conscious experience that cannot be objectified or tamed by language.
Academic text (2014)
Synonyms
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5.1
Show an idea, quality or feeling in a clear visible way
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7.1
Make an idea or plan become real
5
7.0
Show an inner thought or feeling so others can see it
3
9.9
To think of an idea as a real thing
2
7.4
To make an idea seem real or clear to others
1
9.6
To show a general idea by giving a clear example
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7.9
To make an idea or plan clear and specific
1
9.9
To make an idea or feeling into something physical
To show your thoughts or feelings so others can see them
To treat ideas or feelings as things to measure
To treat an idea as if it were a real thing
To treat an idea or quality as a real, separate thing
Antonyms
How Concrete
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Objectify comes from the noun object ('a thing') and the ending -ify ('to make'), so it means 'to make into a thing'. This helps you remember that to objectify an idea is to make it a clear, external 'thing' you can see or measure.