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Reification

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hypostatizationnounThe act or process of being hypostatized.
hypostatisationnounAlternative spelling of hypostatization [The act or process of being hypostatized.]

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hypostatizationnounThe act or process of being hypostatized.
hypostatisationnounAlternative spelling of hypostatization [The act or process of being hypostatized.]
reismnoun(philosophy) A form of concretism stating that (i) every object is a body and (ii) no object is a state or relation, or property.
externalizationnounThe process of making something external, or visible from the outside.
concretumnoun(philosophy) Something that is concrete, rather than abstract.
embodimentnoun(countable) A physical entity typifying an abstract concept.
materializationnounThe conversion of something into a physical form.
make beliefnounThe abstract quality of making believe
abstractnounAn abridgement or summary of a longer publication.
abstractionnounThe act of focusing on one characteristic of an object rather than the object as a whole group of characteristics; the act of separating said qualities from the object or ideas.
exteriorizationnounThe physical embodiment of an abstraction.
representationismnoun(philosophy) The doctrine that thoughts are representations of real, external objects
physicalizationnounThe act, process, or result of physicalizing
abstractionismnounThe creation, principles, or ideals of abstractions, in particular art.
realianounObjects from real life or from the real world, as opposed to theoretical constructs or fabricated examples.
subreptionnoun(Catholicism) The act of obtaining a favour or grant by unfair representation through suppression or fraudulent concealment of facts.
corporealisationnounAlternative form of corporealization. [The process of making corporeal, of giving physical form to.]
corporealizationnounThe process of making corporeal, of giving physical form to.
personificationnounA literary device in which an inanimate object or an idea is given human qualities.
entificationnoun(rare) The action of giving objective existence to something

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