reification

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Synonyms: deification, edification, verification, ramification, ratification, rectification, unification, replication, xerification, aerification, revivication

Antonyms: deification, edification, verification, ramification, ratification, rectification, unification, replication, xerification, aerification, revivication

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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. {{lb|en|programming}} 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. {{lb|en|linguistics}} The [[transformation]] of a [[natural language|natural-language]] [[statement]] into a form in which its actions and events are [[quantifiable]] [[variable]]s.

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