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Objectification vs Reification - What's the difference?

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Reification is a synonym of objectification.



As nouns the difference between objectification and reification

is that objectification is the process or manifestation of objectifying (something) while reification is the consideration of an abstract thing as if it were concrete, or of an inanimate object as if it were living.

objectification

English

Noun

(-)
  • The process or manifestation of objectifying (something).

    • Synonyms

    * reification * thingification

    reification

    English

    Noun

  • The consideration of an abstract thing as if it were concrete, or of an inanimate object as if it were living.
  • The consideration of a human being as an impersonal object.
  • (programming) Process that makes a computable/addressable object out of a non-computable/addressable one.
  • The transformation of a natural-language statement into a form in which its actions and events are quantifiable variables.

    • Synonyms

    * hypostatization * objectification * pathetic fallacy * thingification

    Derived terms

    * reify