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objectification

DEFINITIONS OF: objectification

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n the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing

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depersonalisation, depersonalization, reification
representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality
exteriorisation, exteriorization, externalisation, externalization
embodying in an outward form
hypostatisation, hypostatization, reification
regarding something abstract as a material thing
embodiment
giving concrete form to an abstract concept
soul
the human embodiment of something
incarnation, personification
the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
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actualisation, actualization, realisation, realization
making real or giving the appearance of reality

n a concrete representation of an abstract idea or principle

Type of:
representation
a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something
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