Reification

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  reification
       n 1: regarding something abstract as a material thing [syn: {hypostatization},
             {hypostatisation}]
       2: 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" [syn: {depersonalization}, {depersonalisation}]