Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun reification

2 senses of reification

Sense 1
hypostatization, hypostatisation, reification -- (regarding something abstract as a material thing)
       => objectification -- (the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing)

Sense 2
depersonalization, depersonalisation, reification -- (representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality; "according to Marx, treating labor as a commodity exemplified the reification of the individual")
       => objectification -- (the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing)