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objectification

objectification \objectification\ n. representing as an object.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
objectification

1860, noun of action from objectify.

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objectification

n. The process or manifestation of objectifying (something).

WordNet
objectification
  1. n. the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing

  2. a concrete representation of an abstract idea or principle

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Objectification

In social philosophy, objectification is the act of treating a person, or sometimes an animal, as an object or a thing.

Usage examples of "objectification".

That is to say that he sought objectification or being through the approval of an audience, the for-others, and then release in private fantastic reveries, played out for himself.

The universe was pushed through a strainer of objectification, and the result was thin soup indeed.

But what has happened is that by the means of two objectifications it is revealed that Aniuta is used both body and soul.

Physical, psychological, verbal and sexual abuse are all forms of dehumanisation and objectification.

Moreover, this is not meant just as a contingently true psychological fact about human beings, which could perhaps turn out one day not to hold for some exceptional individual or new type, some superman of disengaged objectification.

Peak experiences from any of the higher stages are possible at virtually any point in development (since these higher states are structural potentials present from birth), but full adaptation requires solid objectification of these stages, since these stages themselves are actually a series of subjects (a series of selves), and all selves have to die (be made into objects) before the pure Witness stands forth and then dies itself in Emptiness.