reification noun. [,ri:ɪfɪ'keɪʃ(ǝ)n, ,reɪɪf-] M19.
[from Latin res, re- thing + -FICATION.]
The mental conversion of a person or abstract concept into a thing. Also, depersonalization, esp. (in Marxist theory) that due to capitalist industrialization in which the worker is considered as a commodity.

■ reificatory adjective of, pertaining to, or characterized by reification M20.

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