Objectification is the act of treating someone as a thing instead of a person. This can be done in a number of ways, from treating them as an object that you can use, to viewing them as a source of amusement or pleasure.
The clothing company is objectifying women by dressing them in very revealing clothes.
The journalist is objectifying the people in the photos by treating them as objects.
noun
a concrete representation of an abstract idea or principle
noun
the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing
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It would not be possible to objectify the article.
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The catalog also objectifies real people.
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The victims of Asian fetish are objectified by the perpetrators.
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Arguing that men are not sexually objectified in film is ludicrous.
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It is objectifying, inaccurate, and based solely on the writers preferences.
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On one hand, an attempt by the squeamish to objectify their biases.
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Instead, biased opinion was editted to objectify the statement.
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How can one objectify the greatest rivalry
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They can never be fully known, as to know it is to objectify it.
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This is due to the medical gaze's tendency to objectify the patient.