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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of thingify.

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Examples

  • Pornography “thingifies” the bodies of the actors, thus objectifying the persons themselves in the mind of the viewer.

    ProWomanProLife » Malcolm Gladwell and the origins of the Pill 2009

  • Cohen makes the same mistake as others he criticizes: he thingifies value into dollars, which only circulate in the market as the result of state grants of property rights.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009

  • This recognition asks us to reject any action that treats anyone as an object, any gesture that thingifies human beings.

    Research and Teaching 2008

  • This recognition asks us to reject any action that treats anyone as an object, any gesture that thingifies human beings.

    September « 2008 « Bill Ayers 2008

  • This recognition asks us to reject any action that treats anyone as an object, any gesture that thingifies human beings.

    June « 2006 « Bill Ayers 2006

  • This recognition asks us to reject any action that treats anyone as an object, any gesture that thingifies human beings.

    TRUDGE TOWARD FREEDOM 2006

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