What is another word for objectified?

Pronunciation: [ɒbd͡ʒˈɛktɪfˌa͡ɪd] (IPA)

Objectified is a term that typically refers to the act of reducing a person or group to the status of an object. This can take many different forms, from the sexualization of women to the stereotyping of certain minority groups. There are a number of synonyms for this term that can be used to convey the same basic idea, including dehumanized, commodified, demeaned, and degraded. Each of these terms has its own nuances and connotations, but they all point to a fundamental lack of respect or dignity for the people or groups being referred to. As such, they should be used carefully and thoughtfully in order to avoid perpetuating harmful attitudes and behaviors.

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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Objectified

Once that his grief is objectified, once that his sorrow is translated into tone, the first cause is quite forgotten,-Art is so selfish, so beautiful, you know!
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker
From this he has detached himself in thought, he has estranged and objectified the world, and lost the sense that he is of it.
"Manhood of Humanity."
Alfred Korzybski
The creative imagination also, in its complete form, has a tendency to become objectified, to assert itself in a work that shall exist not only for the creator but for everybody.
"Essay on the Creative Imagination"
Th. Ribot

Famous quotes with Objectified

  • It was trying to break down the stereotypes and it was the kind of thing where, for the first time, women were on a par and not seen as just objects. Though girls were objectified still.
    Siouxsie Sioux
  • The evil we previously objectified and assigned to exterior agents—devils, communists, capitalists, chauvinists, faithless lovers, the system—must be discovered within. We can no longer divide the world between good and evil. The line between saints and sinners runs down the middle of my being. .. I destroy my propaganda machine that automatically casts me in a favorable light and others in the shadow.
    Sam Keen
  • The terrifying experience and obsession of death, when preserved in consciousness, becomes ruinous. If you talk about death, you save part of yourself. But at the same time, something of your real self dies, because objectified meanings lose the actuality they have in consciousness.
    Emil Cioran
  • The "poetic avant-garde" relies on fantasy and dream reality as much as the Theatre of the Absurd does; it also disregards such traditional axioms as that of the basic unity and consistency of each character or the need for a plot.The Theatre of the Absurd, on the other hand, tends toward a radical devaluation of language, toward a poetry that is to emerge from the concrete and objectified images of the stage itself.
    Martin Esslin

Related words: objectify, objectification, objectifying, objectified

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