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Synonyms for reification

  • noun

Most common

pathetic fallacy objectification depersonalization materialization hypostatisation thingification corporealization

All synonyms

Noun

objectification, materialization, materialisation UK, depersonalization, depersonalisation UK, pathetic fallacy, hypostatisation, thingification, corporealization, corporealisation UK

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The consideration of an abstract thing as if it were concrete, or of an inanimate object as if it were living.

Related words

Word family
reify

Forms

Plural
reifications → objectifications, materializations, depersonalizations, corporealizations…

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
reificationrising
objectificationrising
depersonalizationsteady
materializationrising
hypostatisationsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

14 letters
thingification
15 letters
objectification, materialization, materialisation, hypostatisation

In other languages

Français
réification