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objectum

objectum adjective: attracted to inanimate objects, especially sexually or romantically, but can be other types such as platonic or familial.

Adjective

objectum (comparative more objectum, superlative most objectum)

  1. Attracted to inanimate objects, especially sexually or romantically, but can be other types such as platonic or familial.
  2. Between a human and an object, or being directed or oriented towards objects.

Noun

objectum (plural objectums)

  1. A person who is attracted to an object and/or in a relationship with an object.

Synonyms of objectum

Forms of objectum

Adjective
comparativemore objectum
superlativemost objectum
Noun
pluralobjectums

Origin of objectum

Learned borrowing from Latin obiectum. Coined by Eija-Ritta Eklof Berliner-Mauer in the early 1970s as part of the terms objectum-sexual and objectum-sexuality. Doublet of object and objet.

Words formed from objectum

Questions about objectum

What does objectum mean?
Objectum means attracted to inanimate objects, especially sexually or romantically, but can be other types such as platonic or familial.
What part of speech is objectum?
Objectum can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near objectum in the dictionary

  1. objects of art
  2. objectsona
  3. objectsonas
  4. objectual
  5. objectually
  6. objectum
  7. objectum-sexual
  8. objectum-sexuality
  9. objectum-sexuals
  10. objectums
  11. objet

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