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Definition of Reify
1. Verb. Consider an abstract concept to be real.
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
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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