English [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

Back-formation from reification, calque from German. Formed as Latin rēs (“thing”) +‎ -ify (English suffix).

Pronunciation [ edit ]

( UK , US ) IPA (key) : /ˈɹiː.ə.faɪ/ , /ˈɹeɪ.ə.faɪ/

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Verb [ edit ]

reify (third-person singular simple present reifies, present participle reifying, simple past and past participle reified)

( transitive ) to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing

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Translations [ edit ]

to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing Arabic: جَسَّدَ ( jassada ) , جَسَّمَ (ar) ( jassama )

, Catalan: reïficar (ca)

Dutch: concretiseren (nl) verstoffelijken

Finnish: havainnollistaa (fi) tehdä käsinkosketeltavaksi

French: réifier (fr)

German: verdinglichen (de) vergegenständlichen (de) reifizieren (de) ( rare )

Hebrew: המחיש (he) ( himkhísh ) Macedonian: опредметува ( opredmetuva )

Norwegian: Bokmål: tingliggjøre

Portuguese: coisificar

Russian: материализовать (ru) ( materializovatʹ )

Spanish: cosificar (es)

Turkish: cisimleştirmek maddeleştirmek somutlaştırmak (tr)

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