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reification

rei·fi·ca·tion

UK/ˌɹeɪəfəˈkeɪʃən/ US/ˈɹiː.ə.fəˈkeɪʃən/ uncommon

noun

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representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality

  • “according to Marx, treating labor as a commodity exemplified the reification of the individual”
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First attested around 1846; a macaronic calque of German Verdinglichung, using -ification (“making”) for ver- + -lich + -ung, and Latin rēs (“thing”) for Ding (“thing”)

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