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objectivize en · VERB

Etymology

From objective + -ize.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To objectify.
    • Our emphasis at this point is on the use of abusive sex in sexual relations as a selling technique. Of course we're not interested in seeing women objectivized in [non-violent] sexual ways for purposes of selling anything, but the immediate protest is to get rid of the violence...The images [on album covers] are part of an environment that trivializes brutality against women. 1976 December 25, Julia London, quotee, “Boycotting Records”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 26, page 2:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
objectivized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
objectivized Tense=Past lexicographic
objectivizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
objectivizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

objectivizer · reobjectivize

Relateds

objectivization