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objectivization

objectivization

9.9
The process of treating ideas or feelings like real things
  • noun
  • /ˌɑːbdʒɛkˈtɪvaɪzeɪʃən/
  • Formal
translation icon : objetivización
  • The objectivization of abstract concepts in her thesis helped clarify complex ideas for the audience.

Examples

  • The artist's work exemplifies the process of objectivization, transforming personal emotions into tangible forms.

  • Through objectivization, the researchers aimed to present raw data without any bias or personal interpretation.

  • Turtle Woman, Gandhi's transgressions on brahmacharya have stuck in the minds of those loaded with colonial sentiments against Indian spiritual culture and choose to define mystic, erotic freedom from objectivization in terms of someone who achieved political fame.

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Synonyms

objectification
vsobjectivization
14 8.2

Treating ideas or feelings as if they were a real thing you can touch

is the same process but differs only in word form

Antonyms

9.8

Treating things according to a person's own feelings or view

How Objectified

objectivization
  • Formal
9.9
reification
  • Formal
1 9.9
portrayal
63 4.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

objectivization = objectivize (transparent) = object + ive + ize + ation

Standard nominalization of the verb 'objectivize' using the productive suffix '-ation', forming a noun meaning 'the act or process of objectivizing'.

Etymology

Objectivization comes from object 'thing' and the ending -ization 'making', so it literally means 'making into a thing'. That's why objectivization describes the process of treating ideas, feelings, or people as objects or as things to be looked at and measured.