reification

Etymology
First attested around 1846; a macaronic, using for  +  + , and  for

Noun

 * 1) The consideration of an abstract thing as if it were concrete, or of an inanimate object as if it were living.
 * 2) The consideration of a human being as an impersonal object.
 * 3)  A process that makes a computable/addressable object out of a non-computable/addressable one; or a concrete class out of a generic one.
 * 4)  The transformation of a natural-language statement into a form in which its actions and events are quantifiable variables.
 * 1) The consideration of a human being as an impersonal object.
 * 2)  A process that makes a computable/addressable object out of a non-computable/addressable one; or a concrete class out of a generic one.
 * 3)  The transformation of a natural-language statement into a form in which its actions and events are quantifiable variables.
 * 1)  The transformation of a natural-language statement into a form in which its actions and events are quantifiable variables.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: материализиране
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 具象化
 * Finnish: konkretisointi
 * French:
 * German: Verdinglichung, Vergegenständlichung,
 * Greek: υποστατοποίηση
 * Hebrew: חיפצון
 * Korean: 실재화
 * Macedonian: опредметување
 * Norwegian: tingliggjøring
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: cosificación, reificación
 * Turkish: cisimleştirme, maddeleştirme, soyutlaştırma


 * German: Reifizierung