REIFICATION

• (noun) 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"

  synonyms : depersonalisation , depersonalization

• (noun) regarding something abstract as a material thing

  synonyms : hypostatisation , hypostatization

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