esineellistää — meaning in English

English meaning

• objectify verb To make (something, such as an abstract idea) possible to be perceived by the senses.
• reify verb To regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing.

Senses

esineellistää is used for these senses in English:

• objectify (transitive) To treat (someone) as a mere (often sexual) object, denying their dignity and tending toward dehumanizing them.

objectify — full definition

1. verb To make (something, such as an abstract idea) possible to be perceived by the senses.
2. verb To treat (something) as objectively real.
3. verb To treat (someone) as a mere (usually sexual) object; to sexually dehumanize (someone).

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