reification, n.
(reifications)
(reifications)
representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality
<noun.act>
depersonalisation depersonalization reification
sample sentences
"according to Marx, treating labor as a commodity exemplified the reification of the individual"
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derivationally related form
lexical pointers
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semantic pointers
hypernym
regarding something abstract as a material thing
<noun.act>
hypostatisation hypostatization reification
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym