English > objectification: 2 senses > noun 1, actMeaning | The act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing. |
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Narrower | depersonalization, depersonalisation, reification | representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal / personal qualities or individuality |
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embodiment | Giving concrete form to an abstract concept |
externalization, externalisation, exteriorization, exteriorisation | embodying in an outward form |
hypostatization, hypostatisation, reification | regarding something abstract as a material thing |
Broader | realization, realisation, actualization, actualisation | making real or giving the appearance of reality |
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Verbs | objectify | make external or objective, or give reality to |
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