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objectification - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
noun objectivation .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
noun process or manifestation of objectifying (something).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun noun
Etymologies
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object + -ification , following objectify .
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In one of her famously impassioned speeches - between threats to bloody noses - she blasted what she called the objectification , disrespect and "violence" toward women, slamming her fist so hard against the lectern that her bracelet shattered.
NYT > Home Page By EMILY RAMSHAW 2011
Put simply, objectification is when a person, or character in the case of fiction, is treated like a thing.
Objectification in fantasy « 2009
A word that is drenched in objectification of women as forbidden beings.
Global Voices in English » Kuwait: Election History: Four Women Win Parliament Seats 2009
Unfortunately, this objectification is encouraged by Hollywood films, the Internet, and yes, the music industry.
Chris Brown Denies Leaking Nude Photos Of Rihanna 2009
What makes oppression a specific form of objectification is that it operates through the institutions that are controlled by a minority.
Some homework | Living the Liminal 2006
As such, objectification is very much a part of our contemporary social condition because on a daily basis we are surrounded by and possibly even culpable such acts because the simple, if tragic, fact is that there are innumerable ways to objectify people.
Some homework | Living the Liminal 2006
When I posed this question to Gayle Bessenoff, a body image researcher at Southern Connecticut State University, she referred to objectification theory.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed MICAH TOUB 2011
/waves a card with the word "Context" daubed in thick, black paint in the direction of anybody calling objectification , at this stage.
Eurogamer 2010
I mean, I ended up liking you and I think you’re a cool girl and all… but that’s pretty much the definition of objectification .
Assholes Finish First Tucker Max 2010
Objectification is objectification , which is the foundation of heterocentric/heteronormative sex.
The Deep Throat and Catherine McKinnon 2005
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