objectivize

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English

Etymology

From objective +‎ -ize.

Verb

objectivize (third-person singular simple present objectivizes, present participle objectivizing, simple past and past participle objectivized)

  1. (transitive) To objectify.
    • 1976 December 25, Julia London, quotee, “Boycotting Records”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 26, page 2:
      Our emphasis at this point is on the use of abusive sex in sexual relations as a selling technique. Of course we're not interested in seeing women objectivized in [non-violent] sexual ways for purposes of selling anything, but the immediate protest is to get rid of the violence...The images [on album covers] are part of an environment that trivializes brutality against women.