Definition of reification Reification
We found 8 definitions of reification from 5 different sources.
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What does reification mean?
WordNet
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| reification - regarding something abstract as a material thing | ||
| hypostatization, hypostatisation | ||
| objectification the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing | ||
| reification - 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" | ||
| depersonalization, depersonalisation | ||
| objectification the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing | ||
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Wiktionary 
- reification (Noun)
The consideration of an abstract thing as if it were concrete, or of an inanimate object as if it were living. - reification (Noun)
The consideration of a human being as an impersonal object. - reification (Noun)
Process that makes out of a non-computable/addressable object a computable/addressable one.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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reification
The consideration of an abstract thing as if it were concrete or material.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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reification
rē-if-i-kā′shun, n. materialisation.—v.t. Rē′ify, to make real or material
Part of speech
🔤- reification, noun, singular of reifications.
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