Abjectify
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Abjectify is a verb meaning (transitive) To treat or regard as abject.
Meaning
(transitive) To treat or regard as abject.
Example Sentences
That he cannot pity her may be emotional ailment on Chester's part, but if, as I am suggesting here, one avoids pathologizing his reaction, then Chester operates as a masculine devotee who refuses to objectify the feminine body; an (ostensibly) able-bodied viewer who refuses to “abjectify” the disabled body.
Word Forms
- abjectifies
- abjectifying
- abjectified
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include abject, avile, abase, annihilate, objectify, abate.
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