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
Black women and femmes, especially, are often accused of objectifying themselves and perpetuating over-sexualised stereotypes.
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L'oréal Blackett, refinery29.com, 24 July 2024
Works created throughout the 19th and 20th centuries like Madame Butterfly, Memoirs of a Geisha,and Miss Saigon all featured Asian female characters who were diminutive, self-sacrificing, and objectified.
—Li Zhou, Vox, 8 July 2024
The women in Bad Tourists are tired: tired of the patriarchy, tired of being objectified because of their gender, tired that #MeToo lumbers on without radical change.
—Caro Carver, Peoplemag, 4 July 2024
Multiple studies that came out around the wake of the #metoo movement indicated that the negative consequences of objectifying young women may run deeper than expected.
—Katy Kelleher, TIME, 24 June 2024
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L'oréal Blackett, refinery29.com, 24 July 2024
Works created throughout the 19th and 20th centuries like Madame Butterfly, Memoirs of a Geisha,and Miss Saigon all featured Asian female characters who were diminutive, self-sacrificing, and objectified.
—Li Zhou, Vox, 8 July 2024
The women in Bad Tourists are tired: tired of the patriarchy, tired of being objectified because of their gender, tired that #MeToo lumbers on without radical change.
—Caro Carver, Peoplemag, 4 July 2024
Multiple studies that came out around the wake of the #metoo movement indicated that the negative consequences of objectifying young women may run deeper than expected.
—Katy Kelleher, TIME, 24 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for objectify
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The number of minutes symbolizes every cyclist or pedestrian killed by a driver in the United States in 2022.Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 7 Nov. 2024
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In Caddo Lake, a brain-melting sci-fi film starring Dylan O’Brien that hit Max last month, the wetlands symbolize all of the above and then some as multiple characters try to get to the root of some seriously-hard-to-explain events.Laura Bradley, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
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The outcome will encourage you to incorporate more activities into your routine that ease stress and connect you to positive individuals who inspire you.Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Concession stands incorporate facial recognition to allow fans who have linked their wallets to the arena’s app to walk in and out, bypassing registers.Andrew Greif, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
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The aftermath of Israel’s 1982 invasion illustrates another stark fact: permanently weakening or even defeating an organization can give rise to new ones.Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2024
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The director illustrates much of this through long, patient takes, often keeping distance with interjections of a slow push in towards Lee’s face, studying him in meditation as the the sounds of the natural world quietly score the scene, as though the two are in communion.Kambole Campbell, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Objectify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/objectify. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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