1 the action of treating or viewing someone in a way that disregards their individuality or humanity, especially by considering them only in terms of their sexual attractiveness or availability:
she spoke out about the objectification of young female stars in the entertainment industry.
2 the expression of something abstract in a concrete form:
the objectification of images may be astonishingly vivid in dreams
[count noun]the church says that we are the visible objectifications of sin.
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