Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or process of objectifying or of making objective. Also
objectivation .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun representing as an object.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
process ormanifestation ofobjectifying (something).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing
- noun a concrete representation of an abstract idea or principle
Etymologies
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Examples
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In one of her famously impassioned speeches - between threats to bloody noses - she blasted what she called the objectification, disrespect and "violence" toward women, slamming her fist so hard against the lectern that her bracelet shattered.
NYT > Home Page By EMILY RAMSHAW 2011
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Put simply, objectification is when a person, or character in the case of fiction, is treated like a thing.
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A word that is drenched in objectification of women as forbidden beings.
Global Voices in English » Kuwait: Election History: Four Women Win Parliament Seats 2009
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Unfortunately, this objectification is encouraged by Hollywood films, the Internet, and yes, the music industry.
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What makes oppression a specific form of objectification is that it operates through the institutions that are controlled by a minority.
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As such, objectification is very much a part of our contemporary social condition because on a daily basis we are surrounded by and possibly even culpable such acts because the simple, if tragic, fact is that there are innumerable ways to objectify people.
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When I posed this question to Gayle Bessenoff, a body image researcher at Southern Connecticut State University, she referred to objectification theory.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed MICAH TOUB 2011
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/waves a card with the word "Context" daubed in thick, black paint in the direction of anybody calling objectification, at this stage.
Eurogamer 2010
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I mean, I ended up liking you and I think you’re a cool girl and all… but that’s pretty much the definition of objectification.
Assholes Finish First Tucker Max 2010
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Objectification is objectification, which is the foundation of heterocentric/heteronormative sex.
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