to consider or make (an abstract idea or concept) real or concrete
Derived forms
reification (ˌreifiˈcation)
noun
reificatory (ˌreifiˈcatory)
adjective
reifier (ˈreiˌfier)
noun
Word origin
C19: from Latin rēs thing; compare deify
Examples of 'reifies' in a sentence
reifies
Represented as a homogenised whole this community reifies the logic of a national history.
Nuno Domingos 2012, 'Os usos da narrativa futebolística portuguesa em Maputo The uses of the Portuguesefootball narrative in Maputo', Etnográfica: Revista do Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologiahttp://www.scielo.oces.mctes.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0873-65612012000100008. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
While seemingly intuitive, this overarching outcome emphasis reifies textual meaning in ways that are both theoretically and ethically problematic.
Maren Aukerman 2013, 'Rereading Comprehension Pedagogies: Toward a Dialogic Teaching Ethic that Honors StudentSensemaking', Dialogic Pedagogyhttp://dpj.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/dpj1/article/view/9. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
His participation defies the hegemonies inherent within these histories and, at the same time, reifies them.
Hyacinthe Genevieve 2017, 'Love is the Message: Barkley Hendricks's MFSB Portrait Aesthetics', Open Cultural Studieshttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/culture.2017.1.issue-1/culture-2017-0057/culture-2017-0057.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)