reification
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- noun
- /ˌriːɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
- Formal
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reificación
- At the heart of this paradox lies the tension between reification and Utopianism that Jameson discusses.
- reification process
- reification and commodification
- participation and reification
Examples
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The theory of reification suggests that abstract concepts can be treated as tangible entities that shape our understanding of reality.
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What we are seeing in westerns is a specific type of reification in which the land takes on a mystical, godlike character.
Academic text (2013) -
Social practice does not seem to demand such a legal reification of the workers' often-precarious status in Germany.
Academic text (2001) -
The potential of mirrors to create the conditions for both solipsism and reification should be obvious.
Academic text (2002) -
"The first problem is called reification, which means converting an abstract idea (mostly a word) into a thing.
Blog text (13) -
During discussion, the facilitator could verify that the reifications were effective.
Academic text (2000) -
Moreover, a reification process occurs that projects an egalitarian self-image.
Academic text (1995) -
A significant one is reification, whereby categories representing conceptual constructs come to be viewed as empirically "real" and "natural."
Academic text (2005) -
In discussions about identity, reification often leads to the oversimplification of complex human experiences into mere categories.
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The artist's work serves as a reification of societal issues, transforming invisible struggles into displayed forms that provoke thought.
Synonyms
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Treating ideas or feelings as if they were a real thing you can touch
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Making a plan or idea real
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The process of turning an idea into something real or making it seem real
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An idea or plan that becomes real and takes a clear form
Treating an idea as if it were a real thing
Making an idea or plan clear and real with details
Making an idea or plan into something real
Antonyms
How Concrete
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reification comes from the Latin root res meaning 'thing' and the ending -ify meaning 'to make', so it literally means 'to make into a thing'. That's why the word is used when people treat an abstract idea as if it were a real, fixed thing.