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🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

वस्तुकरण

Pronunciation / Transliteration: vastukaran

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Objectification/əbˌdʒɛktɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"मीडिया में महिलाओं का वस्तुकरण एक गंभीर समस्या है।"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The action of degrading someone to the status of a mere object.

    "The feminist critique focuses on the objectification of women in contemporary media."
  2. 2

    The expression of something abstract in a physical, concrete form.

    "Art is often seen as the objectification of inner human emotions and abstract thoughts."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English verb 'objectify' (formed from 'object' + the suffix '-ify', ultimately from Late Latin 'objectum'), combined with the noun-forming suffix '-ation'. The term gained prominence in mid-to-late 20th-century feminist theory and philosophy to describe the reduction of persons to the status of mere objects.

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