Associations to the word «Reify»

Wiktionary

REIFY, verb. (transitive) to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing

Dictionary definition

REIFY, verb. Consider an abstract concept to be real.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats