as in to symbolize
disapproving
to treat (someone) as an object rather than as a person
She says beauty pageants objectify women.
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Recent Examples of objectify
Women were both empowered and objectified, deemed capable of being in charge but still overtly sexualized.
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Thessaly La Force, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
Turns out that even being the perfect avatar doesn’t spare you from being objectified like a booth babe at a gun show.
—Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2025
Sorry to objectify Allison Janney, but good God, those gams!
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 21 July 2025
And there's a character who could be seen as being objectified, but nothing overt.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 11 July 2025
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Thessaly La Force, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
Turns out that even being the perfect avatar doesn’t spare you from being objectified like a booth babe at a gun show.
—Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2025
Sorry to objectify Allison Janney, but good God, those gams!
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 21 July 2025
And there's a character who could be seen as being objectified, but nothing overt.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for objectify
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Since women were akin to territory, bringing back abductees from the enemy country symbolized a retrieval of it.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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His campaign emblem is a crane, symbolizing the construction boom of recent years.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Add texture to beds, couches, and chairs with a plush faux rabbit fur throw blanket, incorporate a pop of color with a throw pillow, and dress up your walls with practical floating shelves or sconces.—
Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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The assembly is designed for use in fourth-generation fast neutron reactors and features mixed nitride uranium-plutonium (SNUPP) fuel that incorporates a liquid metal sublayer.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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The poll is only the latest evidence of the race's competitiveness, which has drawn national attention due to the candidates' high spending and the race's potential to illustrate where voters are leaning a year ahead of the consequential 2026 midterm elections.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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The new menu items will be served in limited-edition packaging that’s illustrated with gingerbread-style Munchkins, which are storybook-style characters of Dunkin' Munchkin donut holes, but are wearing seasonal outfits.—
Amanda Greenwood,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Objectify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/objectify. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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