What does thingification mean?
Thingification means The fact or process of turning something into a thing..
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/θɪŋɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ · noun
The fact or process of turning something into a thing..
Dictionaries alone aren't responsible for the thingification of natural languages, but they crystallized a peculiar modern view of what it means to have a language.
This is what happens when a country doesn’t see some people as fully human. It’s what the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called the “thingification of the Negro.”
Use thingification when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Thingification means The fact or process of turning something into a thing..
Common synonyms include objectification, reification.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Dictionaries alone aren't responsible for the thingification of natural languages, but they crystallized a peculiar modern view of what it means to have a language.
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