REIFICATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality

Example:

according to Marx, treating labor as a commodity exemplified the reification of the individual

Synonyms:

depersonalisation; depersonalization; reification

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("reification" is a kind of...):

objectification (the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing)

Meaning:

Regarding something abstract as a material thing

Synonyms:

hypostatisation; hypostatization; reification

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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)