reify

English Thesaurus

1. consider an abstract concept to be real (verb.cognition)

hypernym	:	consider, reckon, regard, see, view,
definition	:	deem to be (verb.cognition)

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

derivation	:	hypostatisation, hypostatization, reification,
definition	:	regarding something abstract as a material thing (noun.act)

derivation	:	hypostatisation, hypostatization, reification,
definition	:	regarding something abstract as a material thing (noun.act)