reification

English Thesaurus

1. representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality (noun.act)

hypernym	:	objectification, objectification,
definition	:	the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing (noun.act)

derivation	:	depersonalise, depersonalize, objectify,
definition	:	make impersonal or present as an object (verb.change)

2. regarding something abstract as a material thing (noun.act)

derivation	:	reify,
definition	:	consider an abstract concept to be real (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	hypostatise, hypostatize,
definition	:	construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity (verb.cognition)

3. representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality (noun.act)

derivation	:	depersonalise, depersonalize, objectify,
definition	:	make impersonal or present as an object (verb.change)

4. regarding something abstract as a material thing (noun.act)

derivation	:	reify,
definition	:	consider an abstract concept to be real (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	hypostatise, hypostatize,
definition	:	construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity (verb.cognition)