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reified - 2 dictionary results

re⋅i⋅fy

[ree-uh-fahy, rey-]
–verb (used with object), -fied, -fy⋅ing.
to convert into or regard as a concrete thing: to reify a concept.

Origin:
1850–55; < L (s) thing + -ify


re⋅i⋅fi⋅ca⋅tion, noun
re·i·fy   (rē'ə-fī', rā'-)   
tr.v.   re·i·fied, re·i·fy·ing, re·i·fies
To regard or treat (an abstraction) as if it had concrete or material existence.

[Latin rēs, rē-, thing; see rē- in Indo-European roots + -fy.]
re'i·fi·ca'tion (-fĭ-kā'shən) n., re'i·fi'er n.
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