Definition of Reify

1. Verb. Consider an abstract concept to be real.

Generic synonyms: Consider, Reckon, Regard, See, View
Specialized synonyms: Hypostatise, Hypostatize
Derivative terms: Reification

Definition of Reify

1. Verb. (transitive) To regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reify

1. to regard as real or concrete [v -IFIED, -IFYING, -IFIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reify

reidentifications
reidentified
reidentifies
reidentify
reidentifying
reidite
reif
reifiable
reification
reifications
reified
reifier
reifiers
reifies
reifs
reify (current term)
reifying
reight
reiglement
reiglements
reign
reign of terror
reigned
reigner
reigners
reigneth
reigning
reigning-in
reignite
reignited

Literary usage of Reify

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"... which he describes as a certain tendency to ' reify void'—an ancient, and, as Major Powell has very well said, a disastrous tendency of the human mind. ..."

2. An Historical Account of the Plantation in Ulster at the Commencement of the by George Hill (1877)
"Grant to Owen McShane O'reify, gent. ... Grant to Hugh Roe McShane O'reify. ... O'reify, brothers. ..."

3. SAS/OR(R) 9.1 User's Guide:: Constraint Programming by Institute SAS Institute, Sas Institute (2004)
"For example, the constraint can be expressed with the following statements: var xpq; reify p: (x = 5) q: (x = -5); lincon p + q = 1; REQUIRES Statement ..."

4. The Popular Science Monthly (1882)
"When people make or find a new "abstract noun," they instantly try to put it on a shelf or into a box, as though it were a thing ; thus they reify it. ..."

5. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1895)
"He understands that it is a mistake to reify abstracts, such as the faculties of the soul and the laws of nature, but he continues to reify the abstraction ..."

6. Memoirs of the Different Rebellions in Ireland from the Arrival of the by Richard Musgrave (1802)
"Lieutenant O'reify having halted the troop for the ... lord Roden with one hr.lf of the troop mould take the road to the right, and that lieutenant O'reify ..."

7. The Trial at Bar Between Campbell Craig, Lessee of James Annesley, Esq by Campbell Craig (1744)
"Being asked if fhe told one reify, a Servant to rny Lord Montjoy, or his Wife, ... nor does fhe recollect that fhe told reify 'far' hii Wife, ..."

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