abjectify

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verb

To treat or regard as abject.

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Meanings

verbabjectify (third-person singular simple present abjectifies, present participle abjectifying, simple past and past participle abjectified)

present singular third person abjectifies · participle present abjectifying · participle past abjectified · past abjectified

  1. transitiveTo treat or regard as abject.
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    That he cannot pity her may be emotional ailment on Chester's part, but if, as I am suggesting here, one avoids pathologizing his reaction, then Chester operates as a masculine devotee who refuses to objectify the feminine body; an (ostensibly) able-bodied viewer who refuses to “abjectify” the disabled body.

    2013, Nicole Markotić, “Razzle Dazzle Heartbreak: Disability Promotion and Glorious Abjection in Guy Maddin's The Saddest Music in the World”, in Marja Evelyn Mogk, editor, Different Bodies: Essays on Disability in Film and Television, Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 60

Origin

From abject + -ify.

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APA

abjectify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abjectify

MLA

“abjectify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abjectify. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “abjectify,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abjectify.

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