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reification

Translations

reificationnoun
reifications
pl
The reification of abstract concepts can lead to misunderstandings.
Овеществление абстрактных понятий может привести к недопониманиям.
Additional translations
воплощение
предметизация
объективация
Synonyms
objectification
materialization
embodiment
concretization
manifestation

Definitions

reificationnoun
The process of treating an abstract concept as if it were a concrete thing.
The reification of happiness in society often leads people to believe it can be measured and quantified.
A representation of something abstract as a material or concrete form.
In literature, the reification of emotions can help readers better understand a character's internal struggles.
In computing and information science, the act of turning an implicit element (such as a class, relationship, or process) into an explicit data object that can be inspected or manipulated by a program.
The meta-object protocol enables the reification of methods so that their behavior can be altered at runtime.
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