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🎯 To make objective 🪆 To treat as objects
to objectivize

to objectivize

8.9
To treat people as things and ignore their feelings
  • verb
  • /əbˈdʒɛktɪvaɪz/
  • Offensive
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  • Critics argue that certain films objectivize women, reducing them to mere symbols.

Examples

  • The documentary explores how advertising can objectivize people by focusing only on their appearance.

  • Don't objectivize your colleagues; they have feelings too.

  • Teachers should avoid language that might objectivize students or ignore their unique perspectives.

  • She often objectivizes her students instead of seeing them as individuals.

  • The documentary explores how advertising can objectivize people by focusing only on their appearance.

  • Critics argue that certain films objectivize women, reducing them to mere symbols.

  • Teachers should avoid language that might objectivize students or ignore their unique perspectives.

Synonyms

to objectify
vsto objectivize
  • Offensive
30 7.5

To treat someone as a thing, ignoring their feelings and rights

focuses on ignoring humanity and individuality rather than only making things impersonal
to dehumanize
vsto objectivize
  • Formal
24 7.5

To treat a person as if they are not human and take away their dignity

focuses on ignoring individuality and personhood rather than declaring nonhuman
to depersonalize
vsto objectivize
  • US
1 7.5

Treat a person or thing as an object and remove personal qualities

treats people as things by ignoring their humanity and individuality
to instrumentalize
vsto objectivize
  • Formal
1 8.5

Use a person or thing as a tool to reach a goal, ignoring their needs

emphasizes treating others as things rather than only using them for goals
to impersonalize
vsto objectivize
7.3

To make communication feel less personal by removing names or feelings

involves treating people as things rather than merely removing personal details
to animalize
vsto objectivize
  • Offensive
9.7

Make someone cruel and act without human feelings

focuses on treating people as things rather than making them brutal

Antonyms

to humanize
25 4.8

To make something kinder and more caring toward people

How Objectifying

to objectivize
  • Offensive
8.9
to dehumanize
  • Formal
24 7.5
to objectify
  • Offensive
30 7.5
to instrumentalize
  • Formal
1 8.5
to use
∞ 6.3

Surface Forms

objectivize infinitive
objectivized past
objectivized past participle
objectivizing present participle
objectivizes third person singular

Morphology

objectivize = objective (transparent) = object + ive + ize

The verb is formed from the adjective 'objective' by adding the productive suffix '-ize' meaning 'to make' or 'to render'.

Etymology

Objectivize comes from the common word object ('a thing') and the ending -ize ('make'), so it means 'make into a thing'. A helpful image is putting a person on a shelf like an object, which shows that to objectivize someone is to ignore who they are and treat them like a thing.