reification

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The third strategy of division you discuss is reification — in this case, meaning treating people like objects.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2020

How do Kelly's role and Anglin's commentary help give us a more nuanced understanding of what's going on with Trump's use of reification?

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2020

The evolution of this idea finds its reification in his 22nd-century London, where nanotechnology makes all matter malleable.

From Slate • Dec. 15, 2014

“I always thought souls were a mistaken reification of patterns of brain activity. You mean I really do have a soul?”

From Nature • Mar. 19, 2014

Looking at the development of the medieval university, one can say that it was the embodiment of the reification of language, of the Greek logos and of the Roman ratio.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai