English Dictionary

objectify

IPA（発音記号）

/əbˈdʒɛktɪˌfaɪ/

動詞

To make (something, such as an abstract idea) possible to be perceived by the senses. / To treat (something) as objectively real. / To treat (someone) as a mere object, denying (their) dignity.

日本語の意味

(抽象的な概念などを) 感覚で認識できるようにする、具体的な形で表現すること / （物事を）客観的に実在するものとして扱うこと / （人を）単なる物体として扱い、尊厳を否定すること

The sculptor's goal was to objectify the fleeting emotion into a form viewers could touch and see.

彫刻家の目標は、儚い感情を鑑賞者が触れたり見たりできる形で具現化することだった。

意味（1）

To make (something, such as an abstract idea) possible to be perceived by the senses.

It was the unknown, objectified at last, in concrete flesh and blood, bending over him and reaching down to seize hold of him.

意味（2）

To treat (something) as objectively real.

The mystic objectifies a rich feeling in the pit of the stomach into a cosmology.

意味（3）

To treat (someone) as a mere object, denying (their) dignity.

She talks about the fact that women objectify men just as much as men objectify women, and she even admits her culpability in doing so by talking about how sometimes she wishes she had a group of nubile 17 year old soccer players to keep her happy.

objectifies （ present singular third-person ）

objectifying （ participle present ）

objectified （ participle past ）

objectified （ past ）