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abjectifying

abjectifying is the present participle and gerund of abjectify.

Meaning of abjectify

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...

Questions about abjectifying

What is abjectifying the present participle and gerund of?
Abjectifying is the present participle and gerund of abjectify.

Words near abjectifying in the dictionary

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

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