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objectivism
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objectify

ob·jec·ti·fy [ ob jéktə f ] (past and past participle ob·jec·ti·fied, present participle ob·jec·ti·fy·ing, 3rd person present singular ob·jec·ti·fies)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. make actual: to think of or represent an idea or emotion as if it were something that actually exists

2. reduce to object: to reduce somebody, or something that is complex and multifaceted, to the status of a simple object

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