reify

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• UK, US: /ˈɹiː.ə.faɪ/
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• UK, US: /ˈɹeɪ.ə.faɪ/
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Back-formation from reification, calque from German. Formed as Latin rēs (“thing”) + -ify (English suffix).

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: جَسَّدَ (jassada) — to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing
• Arabic: جَسَّمَ (jassama) — to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing
• Bulgarian: материализирам (materializiram) — to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing
• Catalan: reïficar — to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing
• Dutch: concretiseren — to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing
• Dutch: verstoffelijken — to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing
• Finnish: havainnollistaa — to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing
• Finnish: tehdä käsinkosketeltavaksi — to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing
• Finnish: esineellistää — to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing
• French: réifier — to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing
• German: verdinglichen — to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing
• German: vergegenständlichen — to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing
• German: reifizieren — to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing
• Hebrew: המחיש (himkhísh) — to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing
• Macedonian: опредметува (opredmetuva) — to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing
• Norwegian Bokmål: tingliggjøre — to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing
• Portuguese: coisificar — to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing
• Portuguese: reificar — to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing
• Russian: материализовать (materializovatʹ) — to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing
• Spanish: cosificar — to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing
• Turkish: cisimleştirmek — to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing
• Turkish: maddeleştirmek — to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing
• Turkish: somutlaştırmak — to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing