objectify
Treat as object
To objectify is to treat a person as an object—stripping away their agency, feelings, or individuality.
The term appears most often in discussions of how women are reduced to their physical appearance: Advertisements that objectify women's bodies.
More broadly, objectify can mean to make something abstract concrete or tangible: The sculpture objectifies grief.
Convert into tradeable goods
- fetishizeObsess over unhealthily
- eroticizeMake sexually appealing
- hypersexualizeEmphasize sexuality excessively
- exploitNotable act or abuse
leer · ogle · gaze · sexualization · male gaze · catcall · pinup · cheesecake
Make abstract things tangible
- substantiateProve something is true
- actualizeMake concrete or real
- manifestClearly apparent or displayed
- embodyExpress through physical form
materialize · externalize · instantiate · crystallize · solidify · abstract · concept · idea
Convert into tradeable goods
- degradeLower in standing
- devalueReduce perceived worth
- depersonalizeRemove individual character
- reduceMake smaller in degree
demean · belittle · diminish · debase · trivialize · disregard · marginalize · subjugate
Transforming into sellable goods
- alienationState of being isolated
- instrumentalismTheories as useful tools
- essentialismDoctrine of fixed natures
- reductionismExplaining wholes through parts
othering · Kant · MacKinnon · deontology · autonomy · dignity · personhood · subjectivity
commodify
Convert into tradeable goods
- fetishizeObsess over unhealthily
- eroticizeMake sexually appealing
- hypersexualizeEmphasize sexuality excessively
exploit · leer · ogle · gaze · sexualization · male gaze · catcall · pinup · cheesecake · voyeurism
concretize
Make abstract things tangible
- substantiateProve something is true
- actualizeMake concrete or real
- manifestClearly apparent or displayed
embody · materialize · externalize · instantiate · crystallize · solidify · abstract · concept · idea · notion
commodify
Convert into tradeable goods
- degradeLower in standing
- devalueReduce perceived worth
- depersonalizeRemove individual character
reduce · demean · belittle · diminish · debase · trivialize · disregard · marginalize · subjugate · exploit
commodification
Transforming into sellable goods
- alienationState of being isolated
- instrumentalismTheories as useful tools
- essentialismDoctrine of fixed natures
reductionism · othering · Kant · MacKinnon · deontology · autonomy · dignity · personhood · subjectivity · agency
objectifyabstract
Condensed version of text
idealize · spiritualize · internalize · generalize · theorize
objectifyslant
Oblique angle or bias
bias · editorialize · personalize · color · spin
- moral objectionEthics-based opposition
- no objection
- minor objectionSmall complaint, easily dismissed
- conscientious objectionMoral refusal to fight
- objective truthReality independent of perception
- objective realityExistence independent of minds
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