reification
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c. 1846 Macaronic calque translation of German Verdinglichung, using -ification (“‘making’”) for ver- + Latin res (“‘thing’”) for Dinglichung (“‘thingliness’”)
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reification (plural reifications)
- The consideration of an abstract thing as if it were concrete, or of an inanimate object as if it were living.
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the consideration of an abstract thing as if it were concrete, or of an inanimate object as if it were living
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