as in symbolized
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to treat (someone) as an object rather than as a person
She says beauty pageants objectify women.
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Recent Examples of objectified
We were objectified by most of our producers.
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Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Appropriation of surplus labor, objectified in commodities, drove the system.
—Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
Despite Martel’s intentions, the video was widely viewed as sexist and misogynistic, with many seeing the women as being objectified by the three male artists.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 19 Sep. 2025
In metaphysics, disease is understood to be fears and false beliefs objectified physically.
—Evan Mehlenbacher, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Feb. 2025
Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Appropriation of surplus labor, objectified in commodities, drove the system.
—Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
Despite Martel’s intentions, the video was widely viewed as sexist and misogynistic, with many seeing the women as being objectified by the three male artists.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 19 Sep. 2025
In metaphysics, disease is understood to be fears and false beliefs objectified physically.
—Evan Mehlenbacher, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for objectified
symbolized
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Perhaps some of it is the yawning gap beween promise and reality, symbolized by Altman himself.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
14 Apr. 2026
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The cuttlefish bone, meanwhile, symbolized the bird that had literally flown the coop.—
Howard Halle,
ARTnews.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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