objectification

ob·jec·ti·fy

(əb-jĕk′tə-fī′)

tr.v. ob·jec·ti·fied, ob·jec·ti·fy·ing, ob·jec·ti·fies

1. To present or regard as an object: "Because we have objectified animals, we are able to treat them impersonally" (Barry Lopez).

2. To make objective, external, or concrete: thoughts objectified in art.

ob·jec′ti·fi·ca′tion (-fĭ-kā′shən) n.

ob·jec′ti·fi′er n.

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Noun	1.	objectification - the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing actualisation, actualization, realization, realisation - making real or giving the appearance of reality reification, depersonalisation, depersonalization - representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality; "according to Marx, treating labor as a commodity exemplified the reification of the individual" exteriorisation, exteriorization, externalisation, externalization - embodying in an outward form hypostatisation, hypostatization, reification - regarding something abstract as a material thing embodiment - giving concrete form to an abstract concept
	2.	objectification - a concrete representation of an abstract idea or principle representation - a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something

objectification

noun

A physical entity typifying an abstraction:

embodiment, exteriorization, externalization, incarnation, manifestation, materialization, personalization, personification, substantiation, type.

Rhetoric: prosopopeia.

Translations

chosification

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