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Meaning of reify | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
ˈɹiː.ə.faɪ

Definitions

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

transitive

Equivalents

العربية تشيأ جسد جسم
Deutsch reifizieren verdinglichen Verdinglichen vergegenständlichen Vergegenständlichen
Ελληνικά αντικειμενοποιώ
Español cosificar
Suomi esineellistää havainnollistaa
Français réifier
עברית המחיש
Македонски опредметува
Nederlands concretiseren verstoffelijken
Português coisificar reificar
Русский материализовать
Svenska reifiera
Türkçe somutlaştırmak

Examples

“What I've always appreciated about this concept of coincidence ... is how it reifies our search for causality, our need to establish logical connections among disparate events.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

reifying reigle reign reign supreme reigne reigned

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