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Objectness vs Objectification - What's the difference?

objectness | objectification |

As nouns the difference between objectness and objectification

is that objectness is the state of being an object while objectification is the process or manifestation of objectifying (something).

objectness

English

Noun

(es)
  • The state of being an object
  • * {{quote-news, year=1998, date=May 15, author=Fred Camper, title=Dreams of Power, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=As a result objects that "should" dominate in Sekiguchi's work instead look strangely anomalous, as if the painter found these isolated things--steaks cut from an animal, an eye separate from the rest of a human figure--to be almost funny in their assertive objectness . }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=1994, date=July 1, author=Thomas Connors, title=The Inscrutable Nutt, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Like much of the work, these are surrounded by painted frames that are part of the overall composition and underscore the objectness of the artwork. }}

    objectification

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The process or manifestation of objectifying (something).

    • Synonyms

    * reification * thingification