reification
Example Sentences
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It wasn’t silly, either; hope springs eternal from the human breast, and what’s a market if not the reification of people’s hopes and desires?
From The Verge
The reification of science into practical, problem-solving medicines and technologies drives economies and lifts up humanity.
From Nature
Dangerous demagogues use reification to position opposition as less than human, thereby denying their standing to criticize or object.
From Salon
Rousseau’s reification of “authenticity” can lead to the appeal of the guillotine, Nazism, white supremacy and Trumpism.
From Washington Post
This memory adds richness and texture to the generic paranoia and suspense of “Black Friday”; the mall isn’t just a palatial prison, but also a tragic space of cultural and political reification.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
