noun
- plural of reification; the acts or processes of treating abstract concepts as if they were concrete things
Usage: philosophy; sociology
Examples
- The philosopher criticized the reifications of complex social processes into simple categories.
- Marx wrote about the reifications that occur in capitalist economic systems.
- The study examined various reifications of cultural concepts in modern media.
- These reifications make it difficult to understand the underlying dynamics.
- The theory warns against dangerous reifications of human relationships.
- Academic discourse often involves subtle reifications of abstract ideas.