Synonyms of reification
5 similar words
Another word for reification is objectification. Other synonyms of reification are hypostatization, materialization, pathetic fallacy and thingification.
Synonyms and similar words for reification
nounMore synonyms
- hypostatizationThe act or process of being hypostatized.
- materialization
- objectificationThe act or process of objectifying something intangible.
- pathetic fallacyThe attribution of human thoughts and feelings to inanimate objects.
- thingificationThe fact or process of turning something into a thing.
Meaning of reification
- noun The consideration of an abstract thing as if it were concrete, or of an inanimate object as if it were living.
- noun The consideration of a human being as an impersonal object.
- noun A process that makes a computable/addressable object out of a non-computable/addressable one; or a concrete class out of a generic one.
Questions about synonyms of reification
- What is another word for reification?
- Reification has 5 synonyms on Word.ws, such as objectification, hypostatization, materialization, pathetic fallacy and thingification.
- What does reification mean?
- Reification means the consideration of an abstract thing as if it were concrete, or of an inanimate object as if it were living.
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