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1. Regarding something abstract as a material thing
   - hypostatization, hypostatisation [Brit]
    
2. Representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality
   "according to Marx, treating labour as a commodity exemplified the reification of the individual"
   - depersonalization, depersonalisation [Brit]

Derived forms: reifications

See also: reify

Type of: objectification

Encyclopedia: Reification