Associations to the word «Reification»
Noun
- Fallacy
- Alienation
- Abstraction
- Predicate
- Marxism
- Commodity
- Marx
- Capitalism
- Consciousness
- Gould
- Critique
- Theorist
- Vocabulary
- Concept
- Representation
- Ideology
- Discourse
- Construct
- Usage
- Object
- Specification
- Framework
- Perception
- Statement
- Transformation
- Participation
- Logic
- Context
- Theory
- Argument
- Philosopher
- Knowledge
- Recognition
- Analysis
- Essay
- Process
- Philosophy
- Aspect
- Relation
- Instance
- Data
- Existence
- Language
- Relationship
- Religion
- Programming
- Nature
- Idea
- Term
- Subject
- Practice
- Culture
- Creation
- Experience
- Type
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- Science
- Form
- View
- Principle
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- Use
- Property
- Computer
- Sense
- Influence
- Community
- Or
Adjective
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Wiktionary
REIFICATION, noun. The consideration of an abstract thing as if it were concrete, or of an inanimate object as if it were living.
REIFICATION, noun. The consideration of a human being as an impersonal object.
REIFICATION, noun. (programming) Process that makes a computable/addressable object out of a non-computable/addressable one.
REIFICATION, noun. (linguistics) The transformation of a natural-language statement into a form in which its actions and events are quantifiable variables.
Dictionary definition
REIFICATION, noun. Regarding something abstract as a material thing.
REIFICATION, noun. Representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality; "according to Marx, treating labor as a commodity exemplified the reification of the individual".
Wise words
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