Meaning & use
Objectified
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Treated a person as an impersonal object or commodity, rather than as an individual with feelings and rights, especially with regard to physical appearance.
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The advertisement was criticized for the way it objectified women.
He felt objectified when interviewers only asked about his looks.
A note on using this word
Past tense of 'objectify'; widely used in discussions of media representation and gender studies.
Words with a similar meaning
dehumanizeddepersonalized
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Words with an opposite meaning
humanizedrespected
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2. verb
Expressed an abstract concept or quality in a concrete, tangible form.
The sculpture objectified the artist's grief in solid bronze.
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