Meanings
comparative more objectum · superlative most objectum
- Attracted to inanimate objects, especially sexually or romantically, but can be other types such as platonic or familial.
plural objectums
- A person who is attracted to an object and/or in a relationship with an object.
Synonyms: objectum-sexual, pygmaliosexual
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who is attracted to an object and/or in a relationship with an object.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óp(i)
- Proto-Italic*op
- Latinob
- Latinob-
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)yeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként
- Latiniaciō
- Latinobiciō
- Latinobiectus
- Latinobiectum
- Englishobjectum
Learned borrowing from Latin obiectum. Coined by Eija-Ritta Eklof Berliner-Mauer in the early 1970s as part of the terms objectum-sexual and objectum-sexuality. Doublet of object and objet.
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objectum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/objectum
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