thingification
UK/θɪŋɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
thingification noun: the fact or process of turning something into a thing.
Noun
thingification
- The fact or process of turning something into a thing.
- Dictionaries alone aren't responsible for the thingification of natural languages, but they crystallized a peculiar modern view of what it means to have a language.2011, David Bellos, Is That a Fish in Your Ear?, Penguin, published 2012, page 99
- This is what happens when a country doesn’t see some people as fully human. It’s what the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called the “thingification of the Negro.”2021 September 23, Charles M. Blow, quoting Martin Luther King Jr., “Gwen Ifill Was Right About ‘Missing White Woman Syndrome’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- Synonyms:
- objectification, reification
Synonyms of thingification
Origin of thingification
From thing + -ification, following thingify.
Questions about thingification
- What does thingification mean?
- Thingification means the fact or process of turning something into a thing.
- What part of speech is thingification?
- Thingification is a noun.
- How do you pronounce thingification?
- Thingification is pronounced /θɪŋɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ (UK).
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