The process of making something physical, bodily, or fleshly; converting spiritual or abstract ideas into material form.
Present participle of carnalize, from Latin carnis 'flesh' plus -ize suffix meaning 'to make or become,' with -ing forming the continuous aspect.
In debates about art and literature, critics might say that illustrating or filming a novel 'carnalizes' it—turning imaginative ideas in your head into concrete physical images everyone sees the same way.
Gerund of carnalize; actively describes the dehumanizing process. Used historically to depict ongoing subjugation of women and colonized peoples.
Replace with 'reducing to physical form,' 'dehumanizing,' or 'objectifying' to make the harm explicit and active. Avoid normalizing the term.
["dehumanizing","objectifying","reducing to physical form"]
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