reify

Betekenis (Engels)

To regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈɹiː.ə.faɪ/
Etimologie (Engels)

Back-formation from reification, calque from German. Formed as Latin rēs (“thing”) + -ify (English suffix).

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