| NOUN | act | reification, hypostatization, hypostatisation | regarding something abstract as a material thing |
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| act | reification, depersonalization, depersonalisation | representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal / personal qualities or individuality |
| Meaning | regarding something abstract as a material thing. | |
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| Synonyms | hypostatization, hypostatisation | |
| Broader | objectification | The act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing |
| Spanish | cosificación, reificación | |
| Verbs | reify | consider an abstract concept to be real |
| Meaning | representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal / personal qualities or individuality. | |
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| Example | "according to Marx, treating labor as a commodity exemplified the reification of the individual" | |
| Synonyms | depersonalization, depersonalisation | |
| Broader | objectification | The act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing |
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