as in to symbolize
disapproving
to treat (someone) as an object rather than as a person
She says beauty pageants objectify women.
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Recent Examples of objectify
Being fetishized and objectified by everyone in her life quickly takes a toll on Becca.
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 25 Jan. 2025
Influenced by Robert Bresson’s Pickpocket,Schrader takes sensuous pleasure not only in objectifying his male lead, who plays a character that eagerly agrees to his own objectification, but also in the surfaces of his environment.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025
Also remarkable is the director’s refusal to objectify Annette’s body.
—Rhonda Garelick, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Somehow, through a nauseating cascade of increasingly grotesque distortions of the human form, the movie morphs into a meaningful satire on society's stance that older women are irrelevant—blowing a kiss into the camera at the genre's past tendency to objectify female characters.
—Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 25 Jan. 2025
Influenced by Robert Bresson’s Pickpocket,Schrader takes sensuous pleasure not only in objectifying his male lead, who plays a character that eagerly agrees to his own objectification, but also in the surfaces of his environment.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025
Also remarkable is the director’s refusal to objectify Annette’s body.
—Rhonda Garelick, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Somehow, through a nauseating cascade of increasingly grotesque distortions of the human form, the movie morphs into a meaningful satire on society's stance that older women are irrelevant—blowing a kiss into the camera at the genre's past tendency to objectify female characters.
—Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for objectify
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The star details symbolize his cosmic beginnings, while red and clear crystals honor the love given by his adoptive parents, Jonathan and Martha Kent.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
9 June 2025
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The Wright Celebrates 60 Years Two memorials symbolize the Wright Museum’s significance to Detroit over its 60 years in existence, Detroit’s contributions to America, and African Americans’ contributions to American history.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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One of the most recent additions to USAID's work was incorporating international concepts of Indigenous rights into policy.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 June 2025
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The kitchen also incorporates artisanal Chorotega salt into a number of dishes to elevate flavors with the region’s natural resources.—
Kristin Braswell,
Travel + Leisure,
7 June 2025
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However, as one family’s experience illustrates, the story of the Great Wealth Transfer is far more complex.—
Joseph Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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To illustrate the scale of this complexity, Lin explains that there can be seemingly endless ticket combinations for trips between Los Angeles and London.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
1 June 2025
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“Objectify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/objectify. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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