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English 2 senses of the word reification:
NOUNactreification, hypostatization, hypostatisationregarding something abstract as a material thing
actreification, depersonalization, depersonalisationrepresenting a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal / personal qualities or individuality
Englishreification: 2 senses noun 1, act
Meaningregarding something abstract as a material thing.
Synonymshypostatization, hypostatisation
BroaderobjectificationThe act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing
Spanishcosificación, reificación
Verbsreifyconsider an abstract concept to be real
Englishreification: 2 senses noun 2, act
Meaningrepresenting a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal / personal qualities or individuality.
Example"according to Marx, treating labor as a commodity exemplified the reification of the individual"
Synonymsdepersonalization, depersonalisation
BroaderobjectificationThe act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing

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