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objectification

[uhb-jek-tuh-fi-kay-shuhn] / əbˌdʒɛk tə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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This adoration necessitated objectification, and from the 1970s onward, Updike’s fiction came in for a good deal of feminist scorn.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

In the tome of essays, author and educator Patricia Pisters discusses Madonna’s ability to transcend the traditional objectification and victimization that famous women are usually subject to.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2025

Emma Beddington wrote that there is "plenty to horrify" in the series, including the physical toll on the team members' bodies, the "abysmal pay" and "the objectification".

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2024

“We also prohibit content promoting exploitation, nonconsent, objectification, sexualization or harm to minors, and obscene behaviors,” X said.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024

So then by this inner objectification the subject does not at all depart from itself.

From The Reform of Education by Giovanni Gentile

In this contemplation the mind is filled with pure intellectual forms, the ``Platonic Ideas'' as he calls them, which are objectifications of the will at a certain grade of completeness of representation.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg


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