reification

• Substantivo que designa o ato de tratar uma ideia ou conceito abstrato como se fosse uma coisa concreta e material; também pode indicar o processo de despojar alguém de sua individualidade ao percebê-lo ou tratá-lo como objeto.

A noun referring to the act of treating an abstract concept as if it were a concrete, material object, or the process of depriving a person of their individual qualities by regarding them as a thing.

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1. Treating an abstraction as concreteC2formalscientific

   The act of considering or representing an abstract concept, idea, or quality as if it were a physical, tangible object.

   Reificação

   • The reification of 'the market' often ignores the complex human decisions behind it.
   • In some philosophies, the reification of time leads to viewing it as a substance.
   • The reification of intelligence as a single number can be misleading.

   Sinônimoshypostatizationobjectification

   Antônimosabstraction

2. Treating a person as an objectC2formalscientific

   The act of regarding or representing a human being as a physical object, devoid of personal qualities, feelings, or individuality.

   Reificação

   • The reification of workers in the factory system was criticized by early sociologists.
   • Modern advertising often leads to the reification of people, reducing them to consumers.
   • The novel explores the reification of individuals in a bureaucratic society.

   Sinônimosdehumanizationobjectification

   Antônimoshumanizationindividualization