objectificationnoun [ U ]
uk/ɒbˌdʒek.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ɑːbˌdʒek.tə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/treating people like tools or toys, as if they had no feelings, opinions, or rights of their own:
Pornography is often an example of the objectification of women by men.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Treating people or animals badly
- a raw deal idiom
- at the hands of sb idiom
- batten
- batten on sb
- be heavy on sb idiom
- bleed
- grind
- jerk
- jerk sb around
- knife
- knock
- knock sb around
- put sb through sth
- shit on sb
- shortchange
- shove
- shove sb around
- smite
- torment
- walk all over sb idiom
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