reification
The consideration of an abstract thing as if it were concrete, or of an inanimate…The consideration of an abstract thing as if it were concrete, or of an inanimate object as if it were living.
» The reification of important warnings to future generations, who might not speak the same languages, is a fascinating design topic.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)The consideration of an abstract thing as if it were concrete, or of an inanimate object as if it were living.
Verdinglichung, Vergegenständlichung, Reifikation
реификацияreifikacija
regarding something abstract as a material thing
(countable, uncountable)The consideration of a human being as an impersonal object.
(countable, uncountable)A process that makes a computable/addressable object out of a non-computable/addressable one; or a concrete class out of a generic one.
Reifizierung
(countable, uncountable)The transformation of a natural-language statement into a form in which its actions and events are quantifiable variables.
Examples
1 sentencesThe reification of important warnings to future generations, who might not speak the same languages, is a fascinating design topic.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
First attested around 1846; a macaronic calque of German Verdinglichung, using -ificationFirst attested around 1846; a macaronic calque of German Verdinglichung, using -ification (“making”) for ver- + -lich + -ung, and Latin rēs (“thing”) for Ding (“thing”)
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Forms
plural: reifications| Singular | reification |
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Synonyms
8 synonyms- representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality:depersonalizationdepersonalisation
- regarding something abstract as a material thing:hypostatizationhypostatisation
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable