objectify

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i) Proto-Italic *op Latin ob Latin ob- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *(H)ih₁kyeti Proto-Italic *jīkjō Proto-Italic *jakjōder. Latin iaciō Latin obiciō Latin obiectus Medieval Latin obiectum Old French objectbor. English object Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-fakāō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English objectify From object + -ify.

1. To make (something, such as an abstract idea) possible to be perceived by the senses.

   “It was the unknown, objectified at last, in concrete flesh and blood, bending over him and reaching down to seize hold of him.”

2. To treat (something) as objectively real.

   “The mystic objectifies a rich feeling in the pit of the stomach into a cosmology.”

3. To treat (someone) as a mere (usually sexual) object; to sexually dehumanize (someone).

   “Near-synonyms: demean, fetishize”

   “1994 "Book review: Fire With Fire", backlash.comhttp://www.backlash.com/content/gender/1996/3-mar96/page23.html She talks about the fact that women objectify men just as much as men objectify women, and she even admits her culpability in doing so by talking about how sometimes she wishes she had a group of "nubile 17 year old soccer players" to keep her happy.”