Hypertext Webster Gateway: "objectify"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Objectify \Ob*jec"ti*fy\, v. t. [Object + -fy.]
To cause to become an object; to cause to assume the
character of an object; to render objective. --J. D. Morell.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
objectify
v 1: make external or objective, or give reality to; "language
externalizes our thoughts" [syn: {exteriorize}, {exteriorise},
{externalize}, {externalise}]
2: make impersonal or present as an object; "Will computers
depersonalize human interactions?" "Pornography
objectifies women" [syn: {depersonalize}, {depersonalise}]
[ant: {personalize}, {personalize}]
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