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reifying

reifying is the present participle and gerund of reify.

Meaning of reify

Verb

reify (third-person singular simple present reifies, present participle reifying, simple past and past participle reified)

  1. (transitive) To regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing.
    • What I've always appreciated about this concept of coincidence ... is how it reifies our search for causality, our need to establish logical connections among disparate events.2024, Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake, New York, N.Y.: Scribner, page 349

Questions about reifying

What is reifying the present participle and gerund of?
Reifying is the present participle and gerund of reify.

Words near reifying in the dictionary

  1. Reifsnyder
  2. Reifsnyders
  3. Reifsteck
  4. Reifstecks
  5. reify
  6. reifying
  7. Reigate
  8. Reigate and Banstead
  9. Reigel
  10. Reigels
  11. Reiger

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