objectify — Từ điển tiếng Anh

Động từ

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

   Cách dùng

   • nội hoặc ngoại động từ

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   objectivizereifythingify

   Ví dụ

   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.

   Cách dùng

   • ngoại động từ

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   objectivizereifythingify

   Ví dụ

   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).

   Cách dùng

   • ngoại động từ

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   demeanfetishize

   Ví dụ

   Near-synonyms: demean, fetishize

   Thêm ví dụ (1)

   1994 "Book review: Fire With Fire", backlash.com 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.

   The entire notion of cheerleading is just a sexist attempt to try to objectify the female body.

Động từ

1. make external or objective, or give reality to

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   exteriorizeexterioriseexternalizeexternalise

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   changealtermodify

   Ví dụ

   language externalizes our thoughts

2. make impersonal or present as an object

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   depersonalizedepersonalise

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   changealtermodify

   Ví dụ

   Will computers depersonalize human interactions?

   Pornography objectifies women