reify (redirected from reifying)

re·i·fy  (r-f, r-)

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.

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[Latin rs, r-, thing; see r- in Indo-European roots + -fy.]

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rei·fi·cation (-f-kshn) n.

rei·fier n.

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Verb

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reify - consider an abstract concept to be real consider, regard, view, reckon, see - deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" hypostatise, hypostatize - construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity