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abjectify

abjectify verb: to treat or regard as abject.

Verb

abjectify (third-person singular simple present abjectifies, present participle abjectifying, simple past and past participle abjectified)

  1. (transitive) To treat or regard as abject.
    • That he cannot pity her may be emotional ailment on Chester's part, but if, as I am suggesting here, one avoids pathologizing his reaction, then Chester operates as a masculine devotee who refuses to objectify the feminine body; an (ostensibly) able-bodied viewer who refuses to “abjectify” the...2013, Nicole Markotić, “Razzle Dazzle Heartbreak: Disability Promotion and Glorious Abjection in Guy Maddin's The Saddest Music in the World”, in Marja Evelyn Mogk, editor, Different Bodies: Essays...

Forms of abjectify

third-person singular presentabjectifies
present participleabjectifying
past participleabjectified
pastabjectified

Origin of abjectify

From abject + -ify.

Words formed from abjectify

Questions about abjectify

What does abjectify mean?
Abjectify means to treat or regard as abject.
What part of speech is abjectify?
Abjectify is a verb.
What is the past tense of abjectify?
The past tense of abjectify is abjectified.

Words near abjectify in the dictionary

  1. abjectest
  2. abjectification
  3. abjectifications
  4. abjectified
  5. abjectifies
  6. abjectify
  7. abjectifying
  8. abjecting
  9. abjection
  10. abjections
  11. abjective

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