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noun
The act or process of objectifying something intangible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: objectivization, reification, thingification
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The act or process of objectifying someone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: realization, realisation, actualization, actualisation
Narrower terms: depersonalization, depersonalisation, reification, externalization, externalisation, exteriorization, exteriorisation, hypostatization, hypostatisation, embodiment
noun
a concrete representation of an abstract idea or principle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: representation
History
From object + -ification, following objectify.
Across languages
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
