reify
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Back-formation from reification, calque from German. Formed as Latin rēs (“thing”) + -ify (English suffix).
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reify (third-person singular simple present reifies, present participle reifying, simple past and past participle reified)
- (transitive) To regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing.
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To regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing
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