reification
pronunciation
How to pronounce reification in British English:
UK [ˌri:əfɪ'keɪʃən]
How to pronounce reification in American English:
US [ˌriəfɪ'keɪʃən]
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- Noun:
- regarding something abstract as a material thing
- representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality
Word Origin
- reification (n.)
- 1846, "act of materializing," from Latin re-, stem of res "thing" + -fication. In Marxist jargon, translating German Verdinglichung.
Example
- 1. The reification of absorptive capacity : a critical review and rejuvenation of the construct .
- 2. Their way of life had been so successful that it found material expression in the form of a gigantic stone edifice , a reification of a spiritual world view .
- 3. It 's crucial to communicate the reification and integration , the experiences and essons , gains and losses concerning the olympic security scheme .
- 4. S critical view of the tendency to reify mental processes , especially the pictures , I gave you at the beginning of this paper , must be looked at critically , because visualization fosters reification of mental processes .