reify

English

WOTD – 22 August 2007

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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.

Synonyms

concretize, objectify, picture, thingify

Coordinate terms

realize (make real)

Related terms

Translations

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

Arabic: جَسَّدَ (jassada), جَسَّمَ (ar) (jassama)
Bulgarian: материализирам (materializiram)
Catalan: reïficar (ca)
Dutch: concretiseren (nl), verstoffelijken
Finnish: havainnollistaa (fi), tehdä käsinkosketeltavaksi, esineellistää (fi)
French: réifier (fr)
German: verdinglichen (de), vergegenständlichen (de), reifizieren (de) (rare)
Hebrew: המחיש (he) (himkhísh)
Macedonian: опредметува (opredmetuva)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tingliggjøre
Portuguese: coisificar (pt), reificar (pt)
Russian: материализовать (ru) (materializovatʹ)
Spanish: cosificar (es)
Turkish: cisimleştirmek, maddeleştirmek, somutlaştırmak (tr)

See also

conceptualize, hypostatize, personify

Anagrams

fiery, firey

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