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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

“Companion” is a rough draft of a movie about objectification, a lazy first pass that hopes its audience will mistake the insinuation of progressivism for the actual philosophy.

From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2025

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

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024

People said programmes are less likely to include the objectification of women, gender stereotypes or uncritical views of exploitative relationships.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2023

It is the simplest and the weakest mode of its objectification.

From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

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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