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REIFICATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does reification mean?
• REIFICATION (noun)
The noun REIFICATION has 2 senses:
1. regarding something abstract as a material thing
2. representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality
Familiarity information: REIFICATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Regarding something abstract as a material thing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
hypostatisation; hypostatization; reification
Hypernyms ("reification" is a kind of...):
objectification (the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing)
Derivation:
reify (consider an abstract concept to be real)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
depersonalisation; depersonalization; reification
Context example:
according to Marx, treating labor as a commodity exemplified the reification of the individual
Hypernyms ("reification" is a kind of...):
objectification (the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing)
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