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objectification

[uhb-jek-tuh-fi-key-shuhn] / əbˌdʒɛk tə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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Though their obsessions with moisturizers and eyebrow grooming seem pretty girlie to someone of my generation, looksmaxxing is rooted in objectification.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 5, 2026

“Companion” is a rough draft of a movie about objectification, a lazy first pass that hopes its audience will mistake the insinuation of progressivism for the actual philosophy.

From Salon Jan. 31, 2025

The film is described as having had a profound effect on the representation of black people’s experiences of marginalisation and objectification.

From BBC Oct. 8, 2024

Grammatically speaking, I’ve contemplated the power of the closeup, both an objectification and a privilege.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2024

Human beauty was explained above as the fullest objectification of will at the highest grade at which it is knowable.

From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Schopenhauer, Arthur

In this contemplation the mind is filled with pure intellectual forms, the ``Platonic Ideas'' as he calls them, which are objectifications of the will at a certain grade of completeness of representation.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg




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