Thingification
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /θɪŋɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Thingification is a noun meaning The fact or process of turning something into a thing.
Meaning
The fact or process of turning something into a thing.
Example Sentences
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.”
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.
Synonyms for thingification
Depending on context, synonyms include objectification, reification.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include iconification, goodification, religionization, exactification, iconization, formalization.
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