objectify meaning and definition

OBJECTIFY verb

Definition of objectify (verb)

1. make external or objective, or give reality to
   • "language externalizes our thoughts"
   • synonyms: exteriorise, exteriorize, externalise, externalize
2. make impersonal or present as an object
   • "Will computers depersonalize human interactions?"; "Pornography objectifies women"
   • synonyms: depersonalise, depersonalize
   • antonym: individualise