objectify
/əbˈd͡ʒɛktɪˌfaɪ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "It was the unknown, objectified at last, in concrete flesh and blood, bending over him and reaching down to seize hold of him."
- "The mystic objectifies a rich feeling in the pit of the stomach into a cosmology."
- "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."
- "The entire notion of cheerleading is just a sexist attempt to try to objectify the female body."
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 *-kt Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntder. Latin iaciō Latin obiciō Latin obiectus Medieval Latin obiectum Old French objectbor. English object Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English objectify From object + -ify.
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Phrases
self-objectify