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Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1. regarding something abstract as a material thing;
[syn: hypostatization, hypostatisation, reification]
2. representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality;
- Example: "according to Marx, treating labor as a commodity exemplified the reification of the individual"
[syn: depersonalization, depersonalisation, reification]
