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源自拉丁语 'objectum'(物体)和后缀 '-fication'(使...化),18世纪通过法语进入英语,最初用于哲学领域,后扩展至社会批判语境。
❶ 将某人或某物视为纯粹的对象或工具,忽视其作为人的尊严或个性,常见于性别、种族等社会议题讨论中。
“The media's objectification of women often reduces them to their physical appearance.”
(媒体对女性的物化常常将她们简化为外貌特征。)
“Advertising sometimes promotes the objectification of men by portraying them as status symbols.”
(广告有时通过将男性描绘成地位象征来促进对他们的物化。)
sexual objectification — 特指将人(尤其女性)仅视为性满足对象的贬低行为,常见于性别平等讨论中。
“The magazine cover was criticized for its blatant sexual objectification of the actress.”
(该杂志封面因公然对女演员进行性物化而受到批评。)