"objectification" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɒbˌd͡ʒɛkt.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃʌn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-objectification.wav Forms: objectifications [plural]
Etymology: From object + -ification, following objectify. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|object|ification}} object + -ification Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} objectification (countable and uncountable, plural objectifications)
  1. The act or process of objectifying something intangible. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: objectivization, reification, thingification Translations (Translations): 物化 (wùhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 客體化 /客体化 (kètǐhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 對象化 /对象化 (duìxiànghuà) (Chinese Mandarin), objectification [feminine] (French), cosificación [feminine] (Galician), Objektifizierung [feminine] (German), Verdinglichung [feminine] (German), החפצה (hakhpatsa) [feminine] (Hebrew), 対象化 (taishō-ka) (alt: たいしょうか) (Japanese), 物化,モノ化 (mono-ka) (alt: ものか) (Japanese), 客体化 (kyakutai-ka) (alt: きゃくたいか) (Japanese), 物象化 (busshō-ka) (alt: ぶっしょうか) (Japanese), coisificação [feminine] (Portuguese), reificação [feminine] (Portuguese), objetificação [feminine] (Portuguese), cosificación [feminine] (Spanish), objetificación [feminine] (Spanish), objektifiering [common-gender] (Swedish), obhetipikasyon (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-objectification-en-noun-DP0vPYQt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ification, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ification: 79 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 90 10
  2. The act or process of objectifying someone. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-objectification-en-noun-L4CBvLRS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: self-objectification Related terms: objectified [adjective], objectivized [adjective], sexualization

Inflected forms

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