Verb: objectify ób'jek-ti,fI
- Make impersonal or present as an object
"Pornography objectifies women";
- depersonalize, depersonalise [Brit], objectivise [Brit], objectivize
- Make external or objective, or give reality to
"language objectifies our thoughts";
- exteriorize, exteriorise [Brit], externalize, externalise [Brit]
Derived forms: objectifying, objectifies, objectified
Type of: alter, change, modify
Encyclopedia: Objectify