Meaning of OBJECTIFY
| Pronunciation: | | âb'jekti`fI
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- [v] make impersonal or present as an object; "Will computers depersonalize human interactions?"; "Pornography objectifies women"
- [v] make external or objective, or give reality to; "language externalizes our thoughts"
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| | Synonyms: | | depersonalise, depersonalize, exteriorise, exteriorize, externalise, externalize |
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| | Antonyms: | | individualise, individualize, personalise, personalize | | |
| | See Also: | | alter, change | |
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| | Definition: | | \Ob*jec"ti*fy\, v. t. [Object + -fy.]
To cause to become an object; to cause to assume the
character of an object; to render objective. --J. D. Morell.
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| | Related Terms: | | actualize, call to mind, call up, conjure up, envisage, envision, exteriorize, externalize, extrapolate, image, incarnate, just see, manifest, materialize, personalize, personify, picture, project, realize, represent, see, substantiate, summon up, vision, visualize |
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