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Definition of "objecthood" [objecthood]

  • The condition of being an object. (noun)

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Use "objecthood" in a sentence
  • "When I make works from light boxes, or old plastic bottles with lights inside, I hope the illumination suspends their objecthood to some degree, and makes the viewer see them a little differently – see them as colours before seeing them as objects, he has explained."
  • "Romantic conceptions of subjectivity, objecthood, and aesthetic form — all oriented around the axis of poetological research."
  • "Kubovy and Van Valkenburg (2001, 2003) define objecthood in terms of figure-ground segregation, which requires perceptual grouping."