Meanings
nounobjectification (countable and uncountable, plural objectifications)
plural objectifications
- countableuncountableThe act or process of objectifying something intangible.
Synonyms: objectivization, reification, thingification
- countableuncountableThe act or process of objectifying someone.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act or process of objectifying something intangible.
Also see
Origin
From object + -ification, following objectify.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 物化, 客體化 /客体化
- 物化 (wùhuà)Translations
- 客體化 /客体化 (kètǐhuà)Translations
- 對象化 /对象化 (duìxiànghuà)Translations
French objectification
- objectificationTranslations
German Objektifizierung, Verdinglichung
- ObjektifizierungTranslations
- VerdinglichungTranslations
Hebrew החפצה
- החפצה (hakhpatsa)Translations
Japanese 対象化, 物化，モノ化
- 対象化 (taishō-ka)Translations
- 物化，モノ化 (mono-ka)Translations
- 客体化 (kyakutai-ka)Translations
- 物象化 (busshō-ka)Translations
Portuguese coisificação, reificação
- coisificaçãoTranslations
- reificaçãoTranslations
- objetificaçãoTranslations
Spanish cosificación, objetificación
- cosificaciónTranslations
- objetificaciónTranslations
Swedish objektifiering
- objektifieringTranslations
Tagalog obhetipikasyon
- obhetipikasyonTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
objectification. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/objectification
MLA
“objectification.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/objectification. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “objectification,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/objectification.
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