reification

n. 具体化, 物化

发音

US /ˌɹeɪəfəˈkeɪʃən/

词形变化

reifications 复数 reifications

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The consideration of an abstract thing as if it were concrete, or of an inanimate object as if it were living.

    具象化

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    The consideration of a human being as an impersonal object.

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    A process that makes a computable/addressable object out of a non-computable/addressable one; or a concrete class out of a generic one.

    可数 不可数 计算机 工程 数学
  4. 4.

    The transformation of a natural-language statement into a form in which its actions and events are quantifiable variables.

    可数 不可数 语言学

词汇关系

词源

First attested around 1846; a macaronic calque of German Verdinglichung, using -ification (“making”) for ver- + -lich + -ung, and Latin rēs (“thing”) for Ding (“thing”)

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