<entry id="2157924" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
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<ent_seq>2836514</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>目的化</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>もくてきか</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<pos>&vs;</pos>
<pos>&vt;</pos>
<pos>&vi;</pos>
<gloss>becoming the objective</gloss>
<gloss>setting as a goal</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2018-08-24 00:24:37" stat="A" unap="true">
</audit>
<audit time="2018-08-25 00:17:58" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>The refs only seem to have it as part of 自己目的化, but it clearly is used elsewhere. I've had a go at a gloss, but others can probably improve on it.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>G n-grams:
目的化	90817
目的	38905685
自己目的化	11366
http://www.educate.co.jp/glossary/4-misc/89-fixated.html (discusses "手段の目的化")</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -12 +12,2 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;???&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;objectification&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;establishing goals&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-08-29 15:36:19" stat="A">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I don't think "objectification" is ever used in this sense.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>目的化し	75661</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -12,2 +12,3 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;objectification&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;establishing goals&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;vs;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;becoming the objective&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;setting as a goal&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-11-11 04:04:29" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_diff>@@ -12,0 +13 @@
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;vi;&lt;/pos&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-11-12 12:34:42" stat="A">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>を目的化し	1810
"利益を目的化すると利益本来の働きが見失われる"</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -12,0 +13 @@
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;vt;&lt;/pos&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>