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subjectifying

subjectifying is the present participle and gerund of subjectify.

Meaning of subjectify

Verb

subjectify (third-person singular simple present subjectifies, present participle subjectifying, simple past and past participle subjectified)

  1. (transitive) To turn into a subject.
    • Leyden was essentially of the old and dying school, a versifier like Pope, but not a poet, a jingler of rhymes and a selecter of appropriate epithets and artistic scenes, but destitute of self-unconsciousness, of natural elegance, of aesthetic culture, of deep feeling, of ability to "subjectify"...1858, Calcutta Review, volume 31, page 39

Questions about subjectifying

What is subjectifying the present participle and gerund of?
Subjectifying is the present participle and gerund of subjectify.

Words near subjectifying in the dictionary

  1. subjectification
  2. subjectifications
  3. subjectified
  4. subjectifies
  5. subjectify
  6. subjectifying
  7. subjectile
  8. subjectiles
  9. subjecting
  10. subjection
  11. subjectional

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