Objectize

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To regard or represent as a mere object, often losing personal or emotional aspects
2. To consider or treat someone or something primarily as a physical object rather than a person
3. To transform or interpret something into an object, emphasizing its tangible or external qualities

Etymology: "Objectize" is a plain formation: the noun "object" with the verbal suffix "-ize," which turns a noun into a verb meaning to make it into something or treat it in a certain way. Here the base is "object" in its sense of a thing that can be perceived or handled, so "objectize" means to render something as an object, giving it concrete, external form in place of an abstract or inward one. The suffix does most of the work. "-ize" (also spelled "-ise" in British usage) comes from Greek "-izein" and has been attached to English nouns and adjectives for centuries, so "objectize" follows a familiar pattern, much like "crystallize" or "materialize." The word is a straightforward coinage on existing English parts rather than a borrowing, so its history is mainly the history of how the suffix was used.