objectify
English Thesaurus
1. make impersonal or present as an object (verb.change)
| antonym | : | individualise, individualize, personalise, personalize, |
| definition | : | make personal or more personal (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | depersonalisation, depersonalization, reification, |
| definition | : | representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | depersonalisation, depersonalisation disorder, depersonalisation neurosis, depersonalization, depersonalization disorder, depersonalization neurosis, |
| definition | : | emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness (noun.state) |
2. make external or objective, or give reality to (verb.change)
| derivation | : | object, physical object, |
| definition | : | a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow (noun.tops) |
| derivation | : | objectification, |
| definition | : | the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | exteriorisation, exteriorization, externalisation, externalization, |
| definition | : | embodying in an outward form (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | objectification, |
| definition | : | a concrete representation of an abstract idea or principle (noun.artifact) |
3. make impersonal or present as an object (verb.change)
| antonym | : | individualise, individualize, personalise, personalize, |
| definition | : | make personal or more personal (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | depersonalisation, depersonalization, reification, |
| definition | : | representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | depersonalisation, depersonalisation disorder, depersonalisation neurosis, depersonalization, depersonalization disorder, depersonalization neurosis, |
| definition | : | emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness (noun.state) |
4. make external or objective, or give reality to (verb.change)
| derivation | : | object, physical object, |
| definition | : | a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow (noun.tops) |
| derivation | : | objectification, |
| definition | : | the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | exteriorisation, exteriorization, externalisation, externalization, |
| definition | : | embodying in an outward form (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | objectification, |
| definition | : | a concrete representation of an abstract idea or principle (noun.artifact) |
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