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reification
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun reification has 2 senses
- reification(n = noun.act) hypostatisation, hypostatization - regarding something abstract as a material thing; Array is a kind of objectification
- reification(n = noun.act) depersonalisation, depersonalization - representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality; "according to Marx, treating labor as a commodity exemplified the reification of the individual" is a kind of objectification
Derived form verb reify1
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