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Having one's image, and effectively, life, democratized, dehumanizes and sometimes objectifies it into an entertainment product. What sort of valuation of the ego would one have once you've let it been preyed upon by the public for years and years? Perhaps, it becomes truly just skin and bones.
Jack Gleeson

Meaning of "objectifies" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OBJECTIFIES

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OBJECTIFIES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Objectifies is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb objectifies in English.

WHAT DOES OBJECTIFIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Objectification

In social philosophy, objectification means treating a person as a thing, without regard to their dignity. According to the philosopher Martha Nussbaum, a person is objectified if they are treated: ▪ as a tool for another's purposes; ▪ as if lacking in agency or self-determination; ▪ as if owned by another; ▪ as if interchangeable; ▪ as if permissible to damage or destroy; ▪ as if there is no need for concern for their feelings and experiences.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OBJECTIFIES

PRESENT

Present
I objectify
you objectify
he/she/it objectifies
we objectify
you objectify
they objectify
Present continuous
I am objectifying
you are objectifying
he/she/it is objectifying
we are objectifying
you are objectifying
they are objectifying
Present perfect
I have objectified
you have objectified
he/she/it has objectified
we have objectified
you have objectified
they have objectified
Present perfect continuous
I have been objectifying
you have been objectifying
he/she/it has been objectifying
we have been objectifying
you have been objectifying
they have been objectifying
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I objectified
you objectified
he/she/it objectified
we objectified
you objectified
they objectified
Past continuous
I was objectifying
you were objectifying
he/she/it was objectifying
we were objectifying
you were objectifying
they were objectifying
Past perfect
I had objectified
you had objectified
he/she/it had objectified
we had objectified
you had objectified
they had objectified
Past perfect continuous
I had been objectifying
you had been objectifying
he/she/it had been objectifying
we had been objectifying
you had been objectifying
they had been objectifying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will objectify
you will objectify
he/she/it will objectify
we will objectify
you will objectify
they will objectify
Future continuous
I will be objectifying
you will be objectifying
he/she/it will be objectifying
we will be objectifying
you will be objectifying
they will be objectifying
Future perfect
I will have objectified
you will have objectified
he/she/it will have objectified
we will have objectified
you will have objectified
they will have objectified
Future perfect continuous
I will have been objectifying
you will have been objectifying
he/she/it will have been objectifying
we will have been objectifying
you will have been objectifying
they will have been objectifying
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would objectifies
you would objectifies
he/she/it would objectifies
we would objectifies
you would objectifies
they would objectifies
Conditional continuous
I would be objectifying
you would be objectifying
he/she/it would be objectifying
we would be objectifying
you would be objectifying
they would be objectifying
Conditional perfect
I would have objectifies
you would have objectifies
he/she/it would have objectifies
we would have objectifies
you would have objectifies
they would have objectifies
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been objectifying
you would have been objectifying
he/she/it would have been objectifying
we would have been objectifying
you would have been objectifying
they would have been objectifying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you objectify
we let´s objectify
you objectify
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to objectify
Past participle
objectified
Present Participle
objectifying
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OBJECTIFIES

objectification
objectified
objectify
objection
objectionability
objectionable
objectionableness
objectionably
objectival
objectivate
objectivation
objective
objective danger
objective genitive
objective point
objective test
objectively
objectiveness
objectivise
objectivism

WORDS THAT END LIKE OBJECTIFIES

amplifies
certifies
clarifies
classifies
demystifies
detoxifies
exemplifies
fortifies
identifies
indemnifies
intensifies
justifies
modifies
notifies
qualifies
satisfies
signifies
simplifies
specifies
testifies
verifies

Synonyms and antonyms of objectifies in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «objectifies» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OBJECTIFIES

Find out the translation of objectifies to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of objectifies from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «objectifies» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

具体化
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

objetiviza
570 millions of speakers

English

objectifies
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

objectifies
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

objectifies
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

объективизирует
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

objetiva
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

objectifies
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

en objet,
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menonjolkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

objektiviert
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

オブジェクト化
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

구체화
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Objectifies
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

objectifies
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

objectifies
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऑब्जेक्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

nesnelleştirdiğini
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

oggettiva
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

obiektywizuje
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

об´ектівізірует
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

obiectiveaza
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντικειμενοποιεί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

objektiveer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

objektiverar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

objectifies
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of objectifies

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OBJECTIFIES»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OBJECTIFIES» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about objectifies

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QUOTES WITH «OBJECTIFIES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word objectifies.
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Jack Gleeson
Having one's image, and effectively, life, democratized, dehumanizes and sometimes objectifies it into an entertainment product. What sort of valuation of the ego would one have once you've let it been preyed upon by the public for years and years? Perhaps, it becomes truly just skin and bones.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OBJECTIFIES»

Discover the use of objectifies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to objectifies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Oxford Handbook of Culture and Psychology
Psychology objectifies culture—for example, sentimental maternal love objectifies Victorian culture and women's domestic position, whereas modern maternal love objectifies women's roles as workers and consumers in the free market; just as ...
Jaan Valsiner, 2012
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Walter Pater
Thus White- nights objectifies the religion of Numa; the villa at Tusculum objectifies Epicureanism; Aurelius' chambers objectify Stoicism; Cecilia's house objectifies Christianity; and the dusty villa where Cornelius and Marius pause on their ...
Gerald Cornelius Monsman, 1977
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Feuerbach and the Interpretation of Religion
The self objectifies its own consciousness or bare subjectivity and thus believes itself to be in relation to another Thou. b. The self objectifies the essential attributes of consciousness which are said to be reason, will, and feeling. c. The self ...
Van A. Harvey, 1997
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The Will's Harmonic Motion: The Completion of Schopenhauer's ...
The same air in the room objectifies itself in many bubbles. The same will objectifies itself in many different individuals. The process of blowing bubbles can go on forever, because nothing is lost or gained. The same will keeps objectifying  ...
Fadel Sabry, 2013
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Literacy in Traditional Societies
An examination of the importance of writing on the development of different societies.
Jack Goody, 1975
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The Oxford Handbook of Continental Philosophy
But if this is so, they cannot be presented without distortion or modification—i.e. not as what they phenomenologically are—in reflection, including phenomenological reflection, if all reflection objectifies. Now Husserl's predominant official view ...
Brian Leiter, Michael Rosen, 2007
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The Body: Critical Concepts in Sociology
... matl makes spatially and therefore steadily visible the collection of postures and positions the body moves in and out of. objectifies the three locations within the body that most frequently hold the body's weight. objectifies its need continually ...
Andrew Blaikie, Mr Mike Hepworth, Mary Holmes, 2003
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A Neo-Hegelian Theology: The God of Greatest Hospitality
'In short',hewrites there,'myth objectifies the transcendentintothe immanent, andthus alsointothe disposable, as becomes evident when cult more and more becomes action calculated toinfluence the attitude of the deity byaverting its wrath and ...
Revd Canon Andrew Shanks, 2014
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The Ethics and Politics of Pornography
The feminist claim that pornography objectifies may well be true, but only inso faras anyaesthetic media objectifies. Pornographycannotbut objectify given the nature of what it is. The question iswhetherornot it objectifies inaway that results in ...
David Edward Rose, 2013
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Caring about Morality: Philosophical Perspectives in Moral ...
Hence the difference between the two sorts of objectivism can be characterized by saying that the epistemological form of externalism objectifies morality's subject matter, whereas psychological externalism objectifies the moral subjects  ...
Thomas E. Wren, 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OBJECTIFIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term objectifies is used in the context of the following news items.
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“Trophy” T-shirt puts consumer cross-hairs on Target
... to stop selling a shirt that it says not only demeans and objectifies women, but also “shows their ignorance to their own female market. «WBTW - Myrtle Beach and Florence SC, Jul 15»
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17 times feminism kicked ass... 12:11PM
"But it's not just about getting an even tan; it's one piece of the puzzle of creating deep change in the way our society objectifies women and ... «Glamour.com, Jul 15»
3
Israeli city bans Nicki Minaj's 'Anaconda,' 13 other songs from …
Minaj's song is banned because "the song objectifies the buttocks of women and girls," while a reason is not given for the blacklisting of "Wiggle ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»
4
Resisting a 'Social Engineering' Approach to Development
... partnerships that were forged out of the conference to accomplish their goals, the organizations need to dismiss any model that objectifies the ... «Acton Institute, Jul 15»
5
Girl power comes to Squamish
She acknowledged that a nine-week course can't change an entire culture that objectifies young women, but she said it can start the change. «Squamish Chief, Jul 15»
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Some Target customers angered by shirt that they say objectifies
Some Target customers have taken to social media to express outrage over a t-shirt that they say objectifies women. The retailer is selling a ... «WHAM, Jul 15»
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The Donald Trump Show: Column
Donald Trump is breaking all the rules of conventional politics. Or nearly all. He flaunts his wealth. He objectifies women. He fires Americans. «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
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Brownlee menus a step too far
They might say depicting a woman in her undies objectifies her. So why, then, is it humorous when it is a man? I never thought I would jump to ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
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Target receives backlash over 'trophy' t-shirt
Some people think it objectifies women, and they want Target to remove it from the rack. Good Things Utah's Brian Carlson and Nicea ... «Good4Utah, Jul 15»
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Hundreds sign Wisconsin woman's petition against Target's 'trophy …
Hundreds of people have taken to social media to criticize the store because they feel the shirt belittles and objectifies women. A Wisconsin ... «News8000.com - WKBT, Jul 15»

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