objectify

Verb
Synonyms: exteriorizeexterioriseexternalizeexternalisedepersonalizedepersonalise

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

  1. make external or objective, or give reality to“language externalizes our thoughts”Synonyms: exteriorizeexterioriseexternalizeexternalise
  2. make impersonal or present as an object“Will computers depersonalize human interactions?”“Pornography objectifies women”Synonyms: depersonalizedepersonalise
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Objectify \Ob*jec"ti*fy\, v. t. [Object + -fy.] To cause to become an object; to cause to assume the character of an object; to represent or consider as an object; to render objective. --J. D. Morell. [1913 Webster +PJC]
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