noun
- Regarding something abstract as a material thing.
- synonyms: hypostatization, hypostatisation
- Representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality.
- usage: "according to Marx, treating labor as a commodity exemplified the reification of the individual"
- synonyms: depersonalization, depersonalisation
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