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reify

Pronunciation: /ˈɹiː.ə.faɪ/

The English word “reify” has 1 meaning listed here.

verb

  1. To regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing.

Etymology

Back-formation from reification, calque from German. Formed as Latin rēs (“thing”) + -ify (English suffix).

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