reify
3 synonyms for reify, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To treat an idea or quality as though it were a real, physical thing.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
Reify is a back-formation from reification, itself a calque from German, formed from Latin rēs (“thing”) and the English suffix -ify.
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