Meanings
nounsex object (plural sex objects)
plural sex objects
- A person seen primarily or solely as sexually attractive.
The National Organization for Women, denouncing the campaign for what it considered to be the depiction of women as sex objects, demonstrated outside F. William Free & Company, confronting Mr. Free with placards reading, “I'm Bill — Fire Me.”
2003 January 8, Stuart Lavietes, “F. William Free, 74, Ad Man Behind 'Fly Me'”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 性交對象 /性交对象, 性對象 /性对象
- 性交對象 /性交对象 (xìngjiāo duìxiàng)person seen only as sexually attractive
- 性對象 /性对象 (xìngduìxiàng)person seen only as sexually attractive
Finnish seksiobjekti, sukupuoliobjekti
- seksiobjektiperson seen only as sexually attractive
- sukupuoliobjektiperson seen only as sexually attractive
French objet sexuel
- objet sexuelperson seen only as sexually attractive
Polish obiekt seksualny
- obiekt seksualnyperson seen only as sexually attractive
Swedish sexobjekt
- sexobjektperson seen only as sexually attractive
Thai วัตถุทางเพศ
- วัตถุทางเพศ (wát-tù-taang-pêet)person seen only as sexually attractive
Cite this entry
APA
sex object. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sex%20object
MLA
“sex object.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sex%20object. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sex object,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sex%20object.
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