Synonyms for objectify
Most common
embody reify objectivize thingify demean fetishize externalize depersonalize
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Reify — to make (something, such as an abstract idea) possible to be perceived by the senses
reify, embody, objectivize, objectivise UK, thingify
2. Demean — to treat (someone) as a mere (usually sexual) object; to sexually dehumanize (someone)
3. Externalize
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To make (something, such as an abstract idea) possible to be perceived by the senses.
- v. 2
To treat (someone) as a mere (usually sexual) object; to sexually dehumanize (someone).
Near-synonyms: demean, fetishize
- v. 3
To treat (something) as objectively real.
Related words
- Word family
- objectification objectified
Forms
- Past participle
- objectified
e.g. objectified → reified, embodied, objectivized, thingified…
Example sentences
- embody I see your confidence and wish to embody the same.
- reify Could you make an example to reify your idea?
- demean I didn't mean to demean you.
- fetishize Ziri is one of those white guys who fetishize black women.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| objectify | rising | |
| embody | rising | |
| reify | rising | |
| objectivize | steady | |
| demean | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- reify
- 6 letters
- embody3, demean2
- 8 letters
- thingify
- 9 letters
- fetishize, fetishise
- 11 letters
- externalize, externalise, objectivize, objectivise, exteriorise
- 13 letters
- depersonalize5, depersonalise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (embody3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- objectiver
- Deutsch
- objektivieren