reification

Reification may refer to:Reification (computer science), making a data model for a previously abstract concept.Reification (fallacy), fallacy of treating an abstraction as if it were a real thing.Reification in Gestalt psychology, where an object is perceived as having more spatial information than is actually present in the original stimulus.Reification (knowledge representation), used to represent facts that must then be manipulated in some way.Reification (linguistics) in natural language processing, where a natural language statement is transformed so actions and events in it become quantifiable variables.Reification (Marxism) (German: Verdinglichung), the consideration of an abstraction or an object as if it had living existence and abilities; at the same time it implies the thingification of social relations.Reification (statistics) is the consideration of a `perfect' model which is used to make inferences connecting (imperfect) model results with experimental observations.Reification etymology: from Latin 'res', meaning 'thing'
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Noun
1. regarding something abstract as a material thing
(synonym) hypostatization, hypostatisation
(hypernym) objectification
(derivation) reify
2. 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"
(synonym) depersonalization, depersonalisation
(hypernym) objectification

to treat an abstract or metaphorical concept as if it were an underlying stable unit of reality, for example to treat love-sickness as a disease or to treat the abstract concept of "color" as something existing apart from any colored object.

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