1. past tense of objectify; treated someone as an object rather than as a person with feelings and rights
Usage: often used in discussions of gender and social issues
2. past tense of objectify; made something concrete or gave physical form to an abstract concept
Usage: formal; academic

Examples

• The advertisement objectified women by focusing only on their appearance.
• She felt objectified when people only valued her for her looks.
• The media often objectified celebrities, treating them as commodities.
• The artist objectified his emotions through sculpture.
• The theory was objectified in the form of a working model.
• Critics argued that the film objectified its female characters.