objectifiedadj.
/əbˈdʒɛktᵻfʌɪd/, U.S. /əbˈdʒɛktəˌfaɪd/ That has been objectified or rendered objective; that has been expressed in a concrete form.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > [adjective] > capable of being objectified > made objective
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the world > existence and causation > existence > extrinsicality or externality > objectivity > [adjective] > objectified
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objectivized1950
1854 L. P. Hickok Rational Psychol. 69 The second movement is a ‘subsuming force’, by which the objectified existence is now taken in and expounded by that of which it is the reflection.
1868 Contemp. Rev. 8 612 Morality..is a certain state of mind viewed in relation to certain objectified objects of a wider consciousness.
1927 A. N. Whitehead Symbolism (1928) i. 30 No actual thing is ‘objectified’ in its ‘formal’ completeness.
1940 S. C. Pepper in P. A. Schilpp Philos. Santayana 229 The expression of moral and political greatness, however, is the satisfaction of interests quite different from objectified pleasure.
1991 M. Benedikt Cyberspace (1993) i. 6 These ‘media’ are alive with myth and lore and objectified transcriptions of life's more complex and invisible dynamics.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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