Synonyms for objectify


Grammar : Verb
Spell : uh b-jek-tuh-fahy
Phonetic Transcription : əbˈdʒɛk təˌfaɪ


Définition of objectify

Origin :
  • 1838, from Medieval Latin objectum (see object (n.)) + -fy. Related: Objectified; objectifying.
  • verb actualize
Example sentences :
  • Instead of imagining a character simply, they realize it, objectify it.
  • Extract from : « Introduction to the Science of Sociology » by Robert E. Park
  • In certain or uncertain physical conditions, the mind can project and objectify, its own creations.
  • Extract from : « Cock Lane and Common-Sense » by Andrew Lang
  • It will objectify a part of your material for you, and possibly, by arousing criticism, enable you to strengthen your points.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of William James, Vol. II » by William James
  • Thus do we objectify that which has no objective existence, but is purely a subjective experience.
  • Extract from : « The Last Harvest » by John Burroughs
  • Moreover, it is quite arbitrarily that they attribute to the primitive this tendency to objectify blindly all his emotions.
  • Extract from : « The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life » by Emile Durkheim
  • They also objectify the relations between a society at war and, during times of peace, between society and its warriors.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
  • Thus, they objectify both the pain of the sickness and the fear aroused in the community by the behaviour of the sick person.
  • Extract from : « Elements of Folk Psychology » by Wilhelm Wundt
  • The effort to objectify the ideal, and to put it in concrete form in words or upon canvas, is said to be precious though painful.
  • Extract from : « The Christian Faith Under Modern Searchlights » by William Hallock Johnson
  • Nor has he ever had the power to express and objectify himself completely, and achieve vital form.
  • Extract from : « Musical Portraits » by Paul Rosenfeld
  • We are inevitably inclined to objectify the limitations of our own power instead of recognizing them for what they are.
  • Extract from : « The Non-religion of the Future: A Sociological Study » by Jean-Marie Guyau

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