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Objectivate vs Objectify - What's the difference?

objectivate | objectify |

As verbs the difference between objectivate and objectify

is that objectivate is to objectify while objectify is to make something (such as an abstract idea) possible to be perceived by the senses.

objectivate

English

Verb

(objectivat)
  • To objectify.
  • (Webster 1913)

    objectify

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • to make something (such as an abstract idea) possible to be perceived by the senses
  • * 1906 : Jack London, White Fang
  • It was the unknown, objectified at last, in concrete flesh and blood, bending over him and reaching down to seize hold of him.
  • to treat as something objectively real
  • * 1921 : Aldous Huxley, Crome Yellow
  • The mystic objectifies a rich feeling in the pit of the stomach into a cosmology.
  • to treat as a mere object and deny the dignity of
  • * 1999 : Dawson's Creek (TV, episode 3.04)
  • The entire notion of cheerleading is just a sexist attempt to try to objectify the female body.

    Synonyms

    * reify, thingify

    Derived terms

    * objectification