abjectify en · VERB
Etymology
From abject + -ify.
Meanings
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(transitive) To treat or regard as abject.
That he cannot pity her may be emotional ailment on Chester's part, but if, as I am suggesting here, one avoids pathologizing his reaction, then Chester operates as a masculine devotee who refuses to objectify the feminine body; an (ostensibly) able-bodied viewer who refuses to “abjectify” the disabled body.
2013, Nicole Markotić, “Razzle Dazzle Heartbreak: Disability Promotion and Glorious Abjection in Guy Maddin's The Saddest Music in the World”, in Marja Evelyn Mogk, editor, Different Bodies: Essays on Disability in Film and Television, Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 60:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| abjectified | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| abjectified | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| abjectifies | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| abjectifying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |