objectification
Example Sentences
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"I was 17. I was in a moment of discovery. As women, it's such unfair objectification."
From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026
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
Grammatically speaking, I’ve contemplated the power of the closeup, both an objectification and a privilege.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2024
The great problem of historical painting and sculpture is to express directly and for perception the Idea in which the will reaches the highest grade of its objectification.
From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Schopenhauer, Arthur
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
