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objectivize

objectivize verb: to objectify.

Verb

objectivize (third-person singular simple present objectivizes, present participle objectivizing, simple past and past participle objectivized)

  1. (transitive) To objectify.
    • Our emphasis at this point is on the use of abusive sex in sexual relations as a selling technique. Of course we're not interested in seeing women objectivized in [non-violent] sexual ways for purposes of selling anything, but the immediate protest is to get rid of the violence...The images [on...1976 December 25, Julia London, quotee, “Boycotting Records”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 26, page 2

Forms of objectivize

third-person singular presentobjectivizes
present participleobjectivizing
past participleobjectivized
pastobjectivized

Origin of objectivize

From objective + -ize.

Words formed from objectivize

Questions about objectivize

What does objectivize mean?
Objectivize means to objectify.
What part of speech is objectivize?
Objectivize is a verb.
What is the past tense of objectivize?
The past tense of objectivize is objectivized.

Words near objectivize in the dictionary

  1. objectivists
  2. objectivities
  3. objectivity
  4. objectivization
  5. objectivizations
  6. objectivize
  7. objectivized
  8. objectivizer
  9. objectivizers
  10. objectivizes
  11. objectivizing

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